The present disclosure relates to a surgical stapling instrument comprising ahandleassembly, an elongated body portion extending from the handle assembly, and anendeffector supported on a distal portion of the elongated body portion. The endeffectorincludes a curved housing having a base portion and a jaw portion, a curvedanvil assemblysupported on the jaw portion, and a curved cartridge assembly supported on thebase portion.The cartridge assembly defining first and second arrays of staples receivingslots, the firstarray of staple receiving slots includes three rows of staples and the secondarray of staplereceiving slots includes two rows of staples. A height of the staples in eachof the rows ofthree rows of staples of the first array of staple receiving slots isdifferent.
