MP40 or Vigneron magazines in a Lanchester

[Peter Laidler]

Magazines..... One old soldier who fought in Korea and Suez and one whom I respected greatly - even more so, because he knew the Army quartermaster paperwork system inside-out - told me that when he was an Infantry training instructor at Sutton Coldfield, one of the main Infantry Training Centres in the 60's he used teach recruits and the would-be training instructors who came through on courses these wise words. When you are issued with a Sten gun, make sure that you are able to select and test it then keep 10 magazines that you KNOW operate jamb-free in YOUR gun. Keep those magazines in your pouches and keep them clean. Then you'll have a SMG that's as good as anything other SMG.

The difference in the training regime between the Stens and the Sterlings that slowly replaced it was that generally speaking, all the Sterling magazines worked well in all of the Sterling guns.

Maybe DRP can tell us when the Infantry Barracks at Sutton Coldfield closed?

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[Vincent]

Magazines..... One old soldier who fought in Korea and Suez and one whom I respected greatly - even more so, because he knew the Army quartermaster paperwork system inside-out - told me that when he was an Infantry training instructor at Sutton Coldfield, one of the main Infantry Training Centres in the 60's he used teach recruits and the would-be training instructors who came through on courses these wise words. When you are issued with a Sten gun, make sure that you are able to select and test it then keep 10 magazines that you KNOW operate jamb-free in YOUR gun. Keep those magazines in your pouches and keep them clean. Then you'll have a SMG that's as good as anything other SMG.

Sage advice there.