Sterling SMG

Sterling Mk. IV Submachine Gun - 9x19mm

Sterling Mk. IV Submachine Gun - 9x19mm

Sterling Patchett Suppressed version - 9x19mm

FAMAE PAF - 9x19mm. Chilean copy of the Sterling submachine gun with external differences such as the retractable wire stock and the lack of the barrel shroud.

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Sterling L2A3 - 9x19mm

The Sterling submachine gun is a British sub machine gun which was in service with the British Army from 1953 until 1988 when it was phased out with the introduction of the L85A1. It is still manufactured and used by India as the 'Sub Machine Gun 1A1' alongside the silenced 2A1 variant. The Sterling submachine gun is/was copied in Chile as the FAMAE PAF but has a retractable wire stock and lacks the barrel shroud. Another variant of the Sterling SMG is the CETME C2 of Spanish origin recognized by its improved handgrip and ability to chamber 9mm Largo rounds. In the 1980s, a semiautomatic version was sold to the American general public - the Sterling Mark 6 which was a closed bolt semiautomatic version with a minimum legal length 16" barrel, commonly called the Sterling Mk 6 9mm Carbine. These were used in movies and television shows (sometimes with the barrel cut down and legally converted to full auto fire). A pistol version of the Mark 6 was sold - the Sterling Mark 7, which had no folding stock and a 4" barrel. The full auto version of the Mark 7 had a forward pistol grip and a folding stock.

Specifications

(1953 – Present)

Type: Submachinegun

Caliber: 9x19mm Parabellum

Capacity: 34 round box magazine

Fire Modes: Fully Automatic (550 RPM)

Film

• Turkish soldiers in Midnight Express (1978)

• Jack Watson as RSM Sandy Young in The Wild Geese (1978)

• Anthony Hopkins as Philip Calvert in When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

• Exterminators in Zardoz (1974)

• Brad Dourif as Leo Nova in Fatal Beauty (1987)

• No Blade Of Grass (1970)

• George Lazenby as Jack Wilton in The Man From Hong Kong (1975)

• Rod Taylor as Capt. Bruce Curry and Jim Brown as Sgt. Ruffo in Dark Of The Sun

• Alex Hyde White as Jim Ferguson and Neil Dickson as James Bigglesworth in Biggles: Adventures in Time

• Imperial Stormtroopers in the original Star Wars trilogy (as the "BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle")

• Jack Watson as RSM Sandy Young in The Wild Geese

• Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp as Ronnie and Reggie Kray in The Krays

• Chris Penn as Lt Crawford in Return from the River Kwai

• The Business (CETME C2)

• George Lazenby as James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service

• Chinese assassins, Tiger Tanaka's ninjas and SPECTRE in You Only Live Twice

• Dual-mounted on Zigesfeld's (Tom Rack) ATV handlebars in If Looks Could Kill

• Mike Moroff as Hophead, the convenience store robber in RoboCop (Sterling Mark 6 Carbine)

• Gun store robber in RoboCop 2

• Clarence Felder as Lt. Masterson in The Hidden (Sterling Mark 6 Carbine)

• Roger Moore as James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me

• Double Team - (Chilean manufactured FAMAE PAF variant)

• Government Soldiers in Blood Diamond

• Ugandan soldiers in The Last King of Scotland

• British paratroopers in Bloody Sunday (2002)

• Michael Caine as Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File

• Max Payne

• Soldiers in Power Play (1978) (Canadian-manufactured C1 variant)

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The Professionals	.	Various characters	Different configurations	1977-1981

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
No One Lives Forever		incorrect 30-round capacity	2000
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way	L2A3 & L34A1	incorrect 30-round capacity	2002
Contract J.A.C.K.	L2A3 & L34A1	incorrect 30-round capacity	2003
Silent Storm: Sentinels		standard, silenced & para versions	2004
Vietcong 2			2005

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Spriggan			1998