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The Orita M1941 was a Romanian blowback operated, selective fire sub-machine-gun designed by Leopold Jeska and produced between 1941 and 1944, being issued to Romanian troops during the Second World War, and was used in the invasion of the USSR in 1941. The Orita M1941 was chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it took from a 25-round box or 32-round curved box magazine and fired at a cyclic rate of 600 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 381 meters per second. The Orita M1941 had a 287 mm long barrel, a solid wooden stock, a blade foresight and a tangent rearsight.
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The OTS-02 'Kiparis' is a Kazakhstan blowback-operated sub-machine-gun designed for internal security forces. The OTS-02 is chambered for the 9 mm Makarov cartridge which it takes from a 20- or 30-round box magazine and fires either single-shot or fully automatic at a cyclic rate of 900 rounds-per-minute with a muzzle velocity of 335 meters-per-second.
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The Owen machine-carbine was an Australian blowback operated, selective fire sub-machine-gun developed for use in jungle warfare and designed by Lieutenant Evelyn Owen, being adopted for use in 1941 and produced until 1944. The Owen was chambered for the 9 mm cartridge which it took from a 32-round box mounted on top of the receiver. It had a cyclic rate of 700 rounds-per-minute and an effective range of 200 meters with a muzzle velocity of 366 meters-per-second. The Owen was renowned for its reliability, and various models were produced. The original model was lightened in a later model by having holes cut in the frame and the fins removed from the barrel.
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