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 …

It was the Owen submachine gun (SMG) or Owen machine carbine, and the Australian infantry often favorably referred to it as the “Digger’s Darling.” According to historian Michael Haskew, …

Mar 25, 2013 · The Owen gun story begins with a young 23-year-old Evelyn Owen and his incessant tinkering with guns. In 1938 he perfected (well, sort of) a homemade full auto …

Feb 28, 2023 · The Owen gun underwent testing in September 1941, with the Australian military pitting it against the US Thompson and British STEN submachine guns. It immediately showed …

Mar 24, 2013 · The Australian-designed Owen submachine gun is a weapon with quite a story behind it. The Owen is arguably the best subgun used during WWII, and also probabl...

Feb 21, 2023 · Back during WWII when gun designers were crafting such conventional weapons as the German MP-40, America’s M-3 Grease Gun, the Russian PPSh, and the British Sten, …

Dec 26, 2023 · Evelyn Owen sold the patent to the Australian government for 10,000 pounds and used that money to buy enough liquor to kill a herd of water buffalo—or one Evelyn Owen. He …

Evelyn Ernest Owen (15 May 1915 – 1 April 1949) was an Australian who developed the Owen gun, which was used by the Australian Army in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam …

Apr 20, 2019 · If there were a contest for the weirdest and wackiest-looking submachine gun of World War II, Australia’s Owen would win hands-down. It looks as if the designer cobbled it …

The Australian-designed and manufactured 9mm Owen submachine gun contributed significantly to fewer casualties and to the defeat of the Japanese army in the Pacific War from 1942 to …