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The Jungle Weapon That Stunned British Commanders — The Owen Gun’s Impossible Test
In 1941, the Australian Owen Gun was dismissed as an odd, homemade-looking submachine gun — a strange jungle experiment few in the British command took seriously. Next to the sleek American Thompson and the mass-produced British Sten, the Owen looked crude and awkward, hardly worthy of a global war.

Then came the test that changed everything.

During a brutal field trial, the Owen Gun was buried in mud, rolled in dirt, dunked in water, and fired immediately afterward.
It worked flawlessly — not a single jam.

The Sten failed.
The Thompson failed.
The Owen didn’t.

British commanders were stunned. A weapon they had mocked suddenly proved itself to be the most reliable gun for Pacific jungle warfare, capable of firing in conditions that broke almost every other design. Overnight, military planners were forced to reevaluate their entire approach to equipping the Pacific forces.

This is the story of the weapon born in a shed… that outperformed the giants of the Allied arsenal.
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