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Moss Matthew - The Sterling Submachine Gun - Paperback
Moss Matthew - The Sterling Submachine Gun - Paperback
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Description: Designed by a motorcycle racer turned small - arms engineer George Patchett the submachine gun that eventually became known as the Sterling was developed during World War II. Some suggest it first saw action during Operation Infatuate with No. 4 Commando before becoming fully adopted by the British Army in 1953 as the Sterling Machine Carbine (L 2 A 1). It was center stage for many of Britain's post - colonial conflicts from Malaya to Kenya and from Yemen to Northern Ireland. The silenced L 34 A 1 Sterling - Patchett entered service in 1966 and first saw action deep in the jungles of Vietnam in the hands of the elite special forces of Australia New Zealand and the United States during prisoner snatches and reconnaissance patrols. Employing first - hand accounts and painstaking technical analysis this engaging account features carefully selected archive photography and specially commissioned color artwork of the submachine gun that armed British and other forces for nearly 60 years.
Title: The Sterling Submachine Gun
Author(s): Moss Matthew, Alan Gilliland
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781472828088
Pages: 80 Pages
Publication Date: 11/20/2018
Series: Weapon
Category: Militaria, Arms & Armour
Description: Designed by a motorcycle racer turned small - arms engineer George Patchett the submachine gun that eventually became known as the Sterling was developed during World War II. Some suggest it first saw action during Operation Infatuate with No. 4 Commando before becoming fully adopted by the British Army in 1953 as the Sterling Machine Carbine (L 2 A 1). It was center stage for many of Britain's post - colonial conflicts from Malaya to Kenya and from Yemen to Northern Ireland. The silenced L 34 A 1 Sterling - Patchett entered service in 1966 and first saw action deep in the jungles of Vietnam in the hands of the elite special forces of Australia New Zealand and the United States during prisoner snatches and reconnaissance patrols. Employing first - hand accounts and painstaking technical analysis this engaging account features carefully selected archive photography and specially commissioned color artwork of the submachine gun that armed British and other forces for nearly 60 years.
Title: The Sterling Submachine Gun
Author(s): Moss Matthew, Alan Gilliland
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781472828088
Pages: 80 Pages
Publication Date: 11/20/2018
Series: Weapon
Category: Militaria, Arms & Armour
