Sterling SMG,s in Libya

[spotter]

Bit different to the usual ammunition i post are these Sterling SMG relics found by a friend in Misurata Libya
Hopefully more pictures to follow soon

 

[Darrol]

A few springs and a bit of wire wool . . They Should come up a treat.

 

[AMMOTECHXT]

Looks like they've been in a fire. Did the UK sell those to Gaddafi? Shame on us if we did.

 

[Big Dave]

Afraid it was us Ammotechxt ,Sterling commercial Mk3s where supplied to Libya during the 1950s

 

[AMMOTECHXT]

So pre Gaddafi then but he inherited them when he took over. An arms exports moratorium is overdue.

 

[Falcon]

Looks like they've been in a fire. Did the UK sell those to Gaddafi? Shame on us if we did.

I don't think the new lot are anything better.

 

[reccetrooper]

A very old post but it might still be of interest to someone, those guns, or at least the one in the foreground, are Indian made Carbine 9mm 1A, identified by the rounded shape of the selector/safety lever.
The Carbine 9mm 1A was a license built copy of the commercial Sterling Mk4(L2A3) with a few minor detail changes.