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- La Sterling Engineering Company Ltd était un fabricant d’armes basé à Dagenham, célèbre pour la fabrication des fusils d'assaut L2A3 (le pistolet-mitrailleur Sterling), ArmaLite AR-18 et Sterling SAR-87 ainsi que des pièces de voitures Jaguar. La société a fait faillite en 1988. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les ingénieurs et George William Patchett ont supervisé la fabrication du pistolet-mitrailleur Lanchester Mk 1. Patchett a ensuite conçu le pistolet-mitrailleur Patchett qui, après un essai concurrentiel en 1947, a été adopté par l’armée britannique en 1953 sous le nom de L2A1 Sterling, remplaçant le pistolet-mitrailleur Sten. L’arme a ensuite été améliorée pour devenir le L2A3, le Sterling Mk IV. (fr)
- The Sterling Engineering Company Ltd was an arms manufacturer based in Dagenham, famous for manufacturing the L2A3 (the 'Sterling submachine gun'), ArmaLite AR-18 and Sterling SAR-87 assault rifles and parts of Jaguar cars. The company went bankrupt in 1988. During World War II, engineers George Lanchester and George William Patchett oversaw the manufacture of the Lanchester submachine gun. Patchett afterwards went on to design the Patchett machine carbine which, after a competitive trial in 1947, was adopted by the British Army in 1953 as the L2A1 Sterling submachine gun, replacing the Sten gun. The weapon was later upgraded to the L2A3, the Sterling Mk IV. The Sterling brand name was revived in 2016 by James Edmiston, a former director of the original company. It is however a dormant company, according to accounts filed with Companies House, with no stated plans to do any business beyond engraving services. (en)
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- La Sterling Engineering Company Ltd était un fabricant d’armes basé à Dagenham, célèbre pour la fabrication des fusils d'assaut L2A3 (le pistolet-mitrailleur Sterling), ArmaLite AR-18 et Sterling SAR-87 ainsi que des pièces de voitures Jaguar. La société a fait faillite en 1988. (fr)
- The Sterling Engineering Company Ltd was an arms manufacturer based in Dagenham, famous for manufacturing the L2A3 (the 'Sterling submachine gun'), ArmaLite AR-18 and Sterling SAR-87 assault rifles and parts of Jaguar cars. The company went bankrupt in 1988. The Sterling brand name was revived in 2016 by James Edmiston, a former director of the original company. It is however a dormant company, according to accounts filed with Companies House, with no stated plans to do any business beyond engraving services. (en)
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