Talk:Austen MK I

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[edit] error in statement

With the Austen Mk 1 this statement is totally incorrect "They remained in service as a standard weapon of the Australian Army until 1966."

The weapon was unloved, so to speak, and it was the Owen Machine Carbine, OMC, which was the standard weapon till 1966.

The Austen was only used in WWII. The OMC was used right through from 1942 to the early stages of the Vietnam conflict, 1966, till it was replaced by the F1.

This need correcting. TDR 15:59, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

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