The Owen Gun which was known officially as the Owen Machine Carbine was an Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn (Evo) Owen in 1939. The Owen was the only entirely Australian-designed and main service submachine gun of World War II and was used by the Australian Army from 1943 until the mid-1960s.
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length (km)
0.806
weight (kg)
4210.0
origin
Australia
type
Submachine gun
used in war
Korean War, Vietnam War, World War II, Malayan Emergency, Rhodesian Bush War
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