Key facts
- Type
- Submachine gun
- Place of origin
- Australia
- In service
- 1942–1971
- Used by
- See Users
- Wars
- World War II Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Korean War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Sino-Vietnamese War Rhodesian Bush War
- Designer
- Private Evelyn Owen
- Designed
- 1931–1938
- Manufacturer
- Lysaght’s Works
- Produced
- 1942–1944
- Number span no built
- 45,000
- Mass
- 4.23 kg (9.33 lb) without magazine , 4.86 kg (10.7 lb) loaded
- Length
- 813 mm (32.0 in)
- Barrel length
- 250 mm (9.84 in)
- Cartridge
- 9×19mm Parabellum
- Action
- Blowback , open bolt
- Rate of fire
- 700 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 366 m/s (1,200 ft/s)
- Effective firing range
- 123 metres (135 yd)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Owen gun, known officially as the Owen machine carbine, was an Australian submachine gun that was designed by Evelyn Owen in 1938. The Owen was the only entirely Australian-designed and constructed service submachine gun of World War II. It was used by the Australian Army from 1942 until 1971.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Owen Gun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.