British Lanchester Display SMG: WWII Desert Rat Issue

Original Item: We all remember Rommel?s "AFRIKA KORP" the elite Germany army that swept the British east across North Africa all the way to the gates of Cairo in Egypt. Well you probably also recall how the British General Montgomery and his 8th Army, the "Desert Rats" included then defeated Rommel at the Battle of El Alemain and then drove the Afrika Korp out of North Africa. Well the 8th Army weren?t just Brits, meaning from the Empire as well, but also, our then "local" allies, "The Arab Legion". Originally formed in WW1 to oust the Turks of the Ottoman Empire these multitude of Arab Troops including "the Trans Jordan Frontier Force" were eager to expel the German invaders as much as the British. So using British equipment they played a significant role in the final Campaign that routed the Nazi invasion.

IMA is able to offer a limited number of Original Lanchester Sub Machine Guns that have been rebuilt to BATF specifications to INERT DISPLAY GUNS for Collecting purposes but these select guns were actually issued to the Arab Legion for this great push.

Each gun has Arabic inscriptions machine cut into the Buttstock, possibly unit or Regimental designations these are properly machined inscribed and not the work of a bored Bedouin. So these Guns were really there and can tell a tale or two. Barrel jackets bearing sand colored paint, as they would have in the El Alemain Campaign. Who remembers "Lawrence of Arabia"? Wrong war, but you get the idea! So Officially issued Arab Legion WW2 Lanchester SMG, first time ever offered.