OWEN MACHINE-GUNS
Shortage Of Ammunition
(Special Australian Correspondent, N.Z.P.A.)
(Rec. 10.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 29. Ammunition shortages were to blame fcr the failure to use the Australian Owen sub-machine-gun in the early stages of the New Guinea campaign, stated the Minister of the Army, Mr F. M. Forde. Both the Owen and Austen guns required nine millimetre ammunition, which until a year ago was not made in Australia. The Thompson sub-machine-guns 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 N.J. O. Makin, states that the Australian manufacture of ammunition for the Owen gun is being developed rapidly, though it is not yet in full production. These Ministerial statements are expected to close a controversy which has been raging here concerning alleged official bias against the use of these Australian-made weapons.
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Southland Times, Issue 24888, 30 October 1942, Page 5
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149OWEN MACHINE-GUNS Southland Times, Issue 24888, 30 October 1942, Page 5
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