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Country of Origin	United Kingdom
Type	Rifle
Caliber	11.430 mm
Capacity	11 rounds
Length	894.000 mm
Barrel Length	210.000 mm
Weight	3.740 kg
Rate of Fire	25 rounds/min
Range	185.000 m
Muzzle Velocity	260 m/s

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseThe De Lisle bolt-action carbine design by British Air Ministry engineer William Godfrey De Lisle in 1942 was originally a private venture, the first victims of the weapon being rabbits and other small animals rather than German troops. In 1943, he approached Major Malcolm Campbell of Combined Operations, who was reasonably satisfied with the weapon, and asked De Lisle to modify the caliber from .22 to a more standard 9-millimeter. Although the 9-millimeter prototype turned out to be failed venture, De Lisle persisted, ultimately producing a successful design using the .45 Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP) ammunition. The De Lisle carbines had a low sub-sonic muzzle velocity, making the firing inaudible at a distance of 50 yards. The first 17 built were done by Ford Dagenham and were assigned to British Commandos. In 1944, the Sterling Armaments Company was awarded a contract to build 500 examples, but with the war ending, Sterling would build only 129 before production ceased. Two folding-stock prototypes for airborne troops were built, but this variant design never entered production. After WW2, a small number remained in service and saw action in Korea and Malaya.

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Last Major Revision: Jul 2012

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