NEW TOMMY-GUN
INVENTED IN AUSTRALIA BETTER & MUCH CHEAPER THAN PRESENT TYPE. IMMEDIATE PRODUCTION LIKELY. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) SYDNEY, September 29. An Australian-invented sub-ma-chine-gun came through a successful test in the presence of the Army Minister (Mr P. C. Spender) and other high army officials at a suburban rifle range today. Invented by a plasterer, a former member of the Australian Forces, Evelyn 1 Owen, the gun. was subjected to gruelling tests and eclipsed two other types. It possesses only one moving part compared with several in the case of other types. Its main achievement was its amazing accuracy after its immersion in water and slush and burial in sand and mud comparable with the worst war conditions. Mr Owen’s gun costs 'between £5 and £lO compared with £6O for a tommygun.
The Minister of the Army stated after the tests that if the experts’ reports are satisfactory Mr Owen’s gun would go into production immediately.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1941, Page 6
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156NEW TOMMY-GUN Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1941, Page 6
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