British, Sterling 9mm Sub Machine Gun MK4 L2A3, with folding shoulder stock, Deactivated

*British, Sterling 9mm Sub Machine Gun MK4 L2A3, with folding shoulder stock, Deactivated*

Sterling SMG 9m/m MK4 (L2A3) Serial no KR54104 with folding shoulder stock and detachable marked magazine. This variant, the Mk4, or L2A3, was adopted by the British Army in 1953 and continued in service into the 1990s, seeing action in the Northern Ireland and Falklands war and many other conflicts. It is small and light and has been immortalized by films such as Star Wars, Bond, Who Dares Wins.

Marked "Sterling SMG 9m/m MK4 (L2A3) No S19455". On reverse side: "Sterling, Patent Nos, 559469, 566875, 579660, 686628, In UK and Corresponding Foreign Patents". By Grip "960 2178, S73 A1". Magazine marked "9mm LIA2 9600039", "F.58" on the reverse.

The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun (SMG). It was tested by the British Army in 1944–1945, but did not start to replace the Sten until 1953 as the “Sub-Machine Gun L2A1”. Its last variation was the L2A3. A successful and reliable design, it remained standard issue in the British Army until 1994, when it began to be replaced by the L85A1, a bullpup assault rifle.

A total of over 400,000 Sterlings was manufactured between 1953 and 1988. Sterling built them at their factory in Dagenham for the British armed forces and for overseas sales. Production ceased in 1988 with the closing of Sterling Armaments.

*Condition*
A nice example, some pitting of the steel. Does not cock. Fully deactivated. Please see photographs as part of the condition report.

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