![]() ![]() In 1944, the British General Staff issued a specification for a new submachine gun to replace the Sten. A successful and reliable design, it remained as standard issue with the British Army until 1994, when it was phased out as the L85A1 assault rifle was phased in. ![]() It was tested with the British Army in 1944–1945 as a replacement for the Sten but it did not start to replace it until 1953. The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun. Lever-delayed blowback (Battle Rifle variant)ģ4-round box magazine or 32- or 50-round box magazine from the Sten and Lanchester (Patchett Machine Carbine) ![]()
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