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[[File:Evelyn_Owen.jpg|thumb|English: The inventor of the Owen submachine gun, NX22028 Private Evelyn Ernest Owen, 2/17 Battalion, of Wollongong, NSW, aiming an Owen Gun .45-inch or .45 ACP calibre.]]The '''Owen Gun''', which was known officially as the '''Owen Machine Carbine''', was an Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn (Evo) Owen in 1939.

== Description ==

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.

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

* [[Bullpup (nonfiction)]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Gun Owen Gun] @ Wikipedia

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