The [b]Lanchester[/b] is a British 9×19mm Parabellum [[submachine gun]] manufactured by the "Sterling Armaments Company":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Armaments_Company] between 1941 and 1945. It is a copy of the German [[MP28]]/II. It was primarily used by the [[Royal Navy]] during [[World War II]], and to a lesser extent by the [[Royal Air Force]] Regiment (for airfield protection). The [[weapon]] took its name after "George Herbert Lanchester":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lanchester], who was charged with producing the weapon at the Sterling Armaments Company.

The Lanchester had a heavy wooden buttstock, a machined-steel action and breech block, a [[magazine (weapon)|magazine]] housing made from brass (later steel) and a mounting on the muzzle for use of a long-bladed 1907 [[bayonet]]. The weapon was produced in two versions, Mk.1 and Mk.1*. The Mk.1* has no fire selector (full-auto only) and has simplified iron sights.

In popular culture depiction, the Lanchester is the signature weapon of [[Mika (blue archive)|]] from [[Blue Archive]]. 

h1. See also
* [[list of weapons]]
* [[Sten gun]]
* [[Sterling SMG]]
* Wikipedia entry: "Lanchester submachine gun":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanchester_submachine_gun]
Lanchester ランチェスター短機関銃 ランチェスター ランチェスターSMG ランチェスターMk.1.