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Owen gun

British  
/ ˈəʊən /

noun

  1. a type of simple recoil-operated 9 mm sub-machine-gun first used by Australian forces in World War II

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Etymology

Origin of Owen gun

named after E. E. Owen (1915–49), its Australian inventor

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