Owen Gun (nonfiction)

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

• Owen Gun @ Wikipedia