Matthew Moss: The Sterling Submachine Gun

Cover: 9781472828088 | The Sterling Submachine Gun | Matthew Moss | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

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 (L2A1).

It was centre stage for many of Britain's post-colonial conflicts from Malaya to Kenya and from Yemen to Northern Ireland. The silenced L34A1 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 colour artwork depicting the submachine gun that armed British and other forces for nearly 60 years.

Über den Autor

Matthew Moss

Zusammenfassung

Sterlings are fixtures in a number of museums, including IWM London, the Royal Armouries, and the National Army Museum.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction / Development / Use / Impact / Conclusion / Bibliography / Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472828088
ISBN-10:	1472828089
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Moss, Matthew
Illustrator:	Hook, Adam Gilliland, Alan
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	249 x 182 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Matthew Moss
Erscheinungsdatum:	20.11.2018
Gewicht:	0,263 kg

Artikel-ID: 111229279