Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuti azadzise chinodikanwa chitsva, George William Patchett, mugadziri mukuru paSterling Armaments Company yeDagenham, akapa muenzaniso wezvombo zvokugadzirwa kutsva pakuvamba kwa 1944. Pfuti yekutanga yePatchett yaive yakafanana neSten kusvika padanho rekuti mubato wayo wekubata (uye slot iyo yaifamba ichidzoka nekudzoka) yakaiswa mumutsara nechiteshi chekudzinga kunyangwe ichigadziriswazve nguva pfupi yapfuura ndokuendeswa kumusoro kunzvimbo yakaderedzwa zvishoma. Mauto akakurumidza kuziva Patchett's kunyatsowedzera kunyatsoita uye kuvimbika zvichienzaniswa neSten uye akarayira mienzaniso 120 yemiedzo. Nechokumugumo kweHondo Yenyika II, mimwe yemienzaniso iyi yokuedza yakashandiswa mukurwisana nemauto airborne mukati mehondo yeArnhem
uye namapoka chaiwo mune dzimwe nzvimbo muNorthern Europe umo yaizivikanwa zviri pamutemo sePatchett Machine Carbine Mk 1. Semuenzaniso, pfuti yePachett submachine (serial nhamba 078 uye ikozvino yakachengetwa neImperial War Museum), yakatakurwa muchiito naColonel Robert W.P. Dawson paakanga ari Mutungamiriri weNo. 4 Commando, panguva yekurwiswa kweWalcheren sechikamu cheOperation Infatuate munaNovember 1944. Nemhaka yokuti Patchett/Sterling inogona kushandisa magazini akarurama eSten pamwe chete neSterling yakagadzirwa, kwakanga kusina zvinetso zvokushanda pamwe chete.