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IWI Danlarger figure on 4 of 4
Sterling submachine gunlarger figure on 0 of 4
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Length
Single sourcestock folded
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | IWI Dan | Sterling submachine gun |
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| Type | Sniper rifle[source] | Submachine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Israel[source] | United Kingdom[source] |
| Designer | Nehemia Sirkis[source] | George William Patchett[source] |
| Manufacturer | Israel Weapon Industries[source] | Sterling Armaments Company |
1,280 mm (50.4 in) 1,030 mm (40.6 in) stock folded[source]
Length
Single sourceStock folded
Single source686 millimetres (27.0 in ) Folded stock: 481 millimetres (18.9 in)[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source881 m/s (2,890 ft/s)[source]
Rate of fire
Single source550 rounds/min[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Unit cost | $9,000[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2014–present[source] | 1953–1988[source] |
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| Cartridge | .338 Lapua Magnum[source] | 9×19mm Parabellum 7.62×51mm NATO (Prototype only) .30 Carbine .357 (proposal) .40 S&W .45 ACP (PAWS ZX)[source] |
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| Action | Bolt-action[source] | Straight blowback[source] |
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| Feed system | 10-round detachable box magazine[source] | 34-round box magazine or 32- or 50-round box magazine from the Sten and Lanchester[source] |
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| Sights | day or night optical sights back-up iron sights[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| In service | — | 1944–present[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| Wars | — | World War II (Limited) Malayan Emergency Korean War Mau Mau Uprising Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Bizerte crisis Aden Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation Rhodesian Bush War Portuguese Colonial War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Bangladesh Liberation War Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts Nigerian Civil War Second Malayan Emergency The Troubles Angolan Civil War Iran–Iraq War Falklands War Lebanese Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Gulf War Nepalese Civil War Iraq War Libyan Civil War[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1944[source] |
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| No. built | — | 400,000+[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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