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Originally posted by Tony Smith
The Owen was designed in the middle of WW2 and saw service in New Guinea and the Islands, and later in Korea and Vietnam.
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Tony, have you or anyone else that we know ever seen a Charlton in the flesh? It's always been an interest of mine; emergency derivatives of existing weapons in order to supply an army with otherwise unattainable weapons. The Austen is another.
It's a little known fact that Canada had it's own "Charlton." During WW I Canada found that it had a large surplus of Ross rifles after it was discovered that they were unsuitable for trench warfare. The Ross' straight pull action easily lent itself to conversion to an autoloader so several were converted to make the Huot machine gun. I have a pic of myself holding one and if there's interest I'll scan the pic and post it.
CHIMO!