AMMUNITION LACK
Owen And Austen Guns (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Special Australian Correspondent.) (Received October 29, 11.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 29. Ammunition shortages were to blame for the failure to use the Australian Owen sub-machinegun in. the early stages of the New Guinea campaign, stated the Minister of the Army, Mr. Forde. Both the Owen and Austen guns required 9-miHimetre ammunition, which till a year' ago was not made in Australia. Thompson sub-machine- , grins were used extensively in. New Guinea, the main reason being that there were large stocks of the necessary .45 ammunition on hand. The Minister of Munitions, Mr. Makin, stated that Australian manufacture of ammunition for the Owen gun is being developed rapidly, though it is not yet in full production. These Ministerial statements areexpected to close the controversy which has been waged here concerning alleged official bias against the use of them Australian-made weapons.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 30, 30 October 1942, Page 5
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148AMMUNITION LACK Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 30, 30 October 1942, Page 5
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