automatic sub-machine gun
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19640038-001
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
1950-1953 Korean War - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Sterling Armament Company
- Date Made 1941
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United KingdomContinent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1941/01/01
- Latest 1941/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Mk. 1*
- Inscription STAMPED ON SIGHT BAND: S271; ON MAGAZINE GUIDE: LANCHESTER MK.I (STAR); SA.M619; 41736; CF69; (BROAD ARROW); CRUDELY ENGRAVED NEXT TO MK.I STAR STAMP: (STAR); ON BARREL STRAP: (CROSSED PENNANTS); 45; ON FRAME RELEASE BASE PLATE: (BROAD ARROW) FLANKED BY TWO (CIRCLES); (CROWN) OVER 2 OVER N; PAINTED ON LEFT OF FORESTOCK, IN WHITE: 10-1-2; ON TRIGGER GUARD: (BROAD ARROW); ON UNDERSIDE OF FORESTOCK: S.L. OVER (BROAD ARROW); ON MAGAZINE: S.E. CO. IN AN (OVAL); OFF; (ARROW); S.E. C D I IN A (TRIANGLE); ON BOLT: S81; CRUDELY ENGRAVED ON BOLT: (ARROW)
- Pattern Name Lanchester
- Materials Steel, Brass, Wood
- Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
- Measurements Height 16.0 cm, Length 85.0 cm, Width 13.0 cm
- Caption Lanchester Sub-Machine-gun
- Additional Information Members of the Royal Canadian Navy's Beach Commando "W" carried Lanchester sub-machine-guns like this example. The Lanchester, based on a German design, was the Royal Canadian Navy's standard sub-machine-gun, and could be fitted with the long bayonet seen here. Beach Commandos were created to coordinate operations on the beachhead during amphibious landings like D-Day. Beach Commando "W", created in late 1943, was sent to Juno Beach, the Canadian landing area in Normandy, in early July 1944, and returned to the United Kingdom in August.