{"id":100960,"date":"2026-07-14T02:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=100960"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:05:27","slug":"how-britain-built-the-sterling-smg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/07\/14\/how-britain-built-the-sterling-smg\/","title":{"rendered":"How Britain Built the Sterling SMG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lloUvhljUXg?si=CtUuFv4vFi_VjKXk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Royal Armouries<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 11 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p>This episode follows our recent look at Winston Churchill&#8217;s personal Patchett machine carbine and shows how the Sterling was manufactured at scale for British service.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Jonathan Intro<br \/>\n1:00 Archive Film Start<br \/>\n15:05 Manufacture of the Breech Block<br \/>\n23:22 Fabrication of the Carbine Casing<br \/>\n31:37 Fabrication of the Carbine Magazine and Components<br \/>\n48:55 Assembly and Range Testing<br \/>\n1:02:09 DUCKS<\/p>\n<p>This video includes historical archive film. 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