Owen gun
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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 constructe
Photograph of Evelyn Owen
Owen guns on a truck during a Christmas parade in Sydney, 1942
Australian soldiers armed with Owen guns in New Britain, April 1945
A field stripped Owen.
Thompson submachine gun
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The Thompson submachine gun is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun invented and developed by Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. It was designed t
Owen gun
…gun. After conducting tests in September that year, the Owen was found to be more accurate and reliable than competing designs such as the Sten and Thompson. The Owen went into production at the John Lysaght factories at Port Kembla and Newcastle. Between March 1942 and February 1943, Lysaght's produced…
Colt Model 1921A Thompson with a 100-round drum magazine
Brigadier General John T. Thompson holding a Model 1919 Thompson
US Marine holding an M1928 Thompson during the Banana Wars
A British soldier equipped with a Thompson M1928 submachine gun in November 1940