Orita M1941
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Orita (correct, "Orița") was a 9mm submachine gun manufactured in Romania during World War II and for several years afterwards. It was named for Captain Marin Orița (Military Technical Corps, Romanian Army), who is credited in Romania with its design[1]. (Other sources describe the Orița as a joint Czech-Romanian project[2]; the Czech Leopold Jašek and the Romanian Nicolae Sterca are also considered to have contributed to its design[3][4].) The manufacturer was CMC (Uzinele Metalurgice Copșa Mică și Cugir), and the first version, Model 1941, entered operational service with the Romanian Army in 1943[5]. An improved version (Model 1948, with either fixed wooden stock or folding metal stock)[6] remained in service with the Romanian Army until it was replaced by the Romanian version of the AK-47 assault rifle. The Orița was also in service with the Romanian paramilitaries ("Gărzile Patriotice") until the 1970s[7].
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[edit] Specifications
- Cartridge: 9x19mm Parabellum[8]
- Length: 894 mm
- Barrel length: 278 mm
- Rifling: 6 right-hand grooves
- Weight: 3,45 kg (without magazine); 4 kg (with magazine)
- Magazine capacity: 32 cartridges
- Sights: graded from 100 the 500 meters
- Muzzle velocity: 400 m/s
- Rate of fire: 600 shots per minute
- Effective range: 200 meters
[edit] Notes
- ^ König (1977), p. 229
- ^ Axworthy & al (1995), p. 75
- ^ Plăvcan, L. & Plăvcan, D., Romanian Firepower…
- ^ Anonymous, Román kézifegyverek…
- ^ Axworthy & al (1995), p. 75
- ^ König (1977), p. 231
- ^ Plăvcan, L. & Plăvcan, D., Romanian Firepower…
- ^ Specifications for Orița, Model 1941, are from Plăvcan, L. & Plăvcan, D., Romanian Firepower…
[edit] Sources
- Anonymous, Román kézifegyverek: Md. 1941 Orita géppisztoly, <http://www.kalasnyikov.hu/index.php?page=cikkek&story=43>. Retrieved on 8 January 2008. (In Hungarian.)
- Axworthy, Mark, Cornel I. Scafeș, and Cristian Crăciunoiu. (1995) Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945. London: Arms and Armour ISBN 1854092677.
- König, Carol. Căpitanul Marin Orița—Inventator român de prestigiu din al doilea sfert al secolului al XX‑lea. Muzeul Militar Central, Studii și materiale de muzeografie și istorie militară, 10 (1977): 229–33. (In Romanian.)
- Plăvcan, Liviu & Plăvcan, Dora, Romanian Firepower: 9mm Orita Model 1941 Submachine Gun, <http://www.worldwar2.ro/arme/static/orita.htm>. Retrieved on 8 January 2008.
[edit] External links
Orița Model 1941 Photograph from the Romanian Ministry of Defence.
Orița Model 1941 Technical drawing.
Orița submachine guns Photograph from the National Military Museum of Romania.
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