GUN INVENTED IN AUSTRALIA
SUCCESSFUL TESTS IN SYDNEY (Received September 30, 12.30 a.m.) SYDNEY. September 29. A sub-machine-gun invented in Australia successfully came through a test in the presence of the Minister for the Army (Mr P. C. Spender) and high Army officials at a suburban rifle range to-day. The gun was invented by a plasterer, Mr Evelyn Owen, a former member of the Australian forces. It was subjected to gruelling tests and eclipsed two other types. It possesses only one moving part compared with several in other types. Its main achievement was its amazing accuracy after its immersion in water and slush and its burial in sand. Mr Owen's gun costs between £5 and £lO, compared with £6O for a "Tommy” gun. Mr Spender said after the tests that if the experts’ reports were satisfactory Mr Owen’s gun would go into production immediately.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23447, 30 September 1941, Page 4
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