Oriṭa | |
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Type | Submachine gun |
Place of origin |
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Service history | |
In service | 1943[1]–1970s[2] |
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Production history | |
Designed | 1941 |
Manufacturer | Uzinele Metalurgice Copșa Mică și Cugir |
Variants | Oriţa M1941, Oriţa M1948 |
Specifications | |
Mass |
3.45 kg (7.6 lb) without magazine 4 kg (8.8 lb) with magazine |
Length | 894 mm (35.2 in) |
Barrel length | 278 mm (10.9 in) |
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Cartridge | 9x19mm Parabellum[3] |
Rate of fire | 600 rounds/min |
Muzzle velocity | 400m/s |
Effective firing range | 200 m (656.2 ft) |
Feed system | 32-round detachable box magazine |
Sights | graded from 100 m (328.1 ft) to 500 m (1,640.4 ft) |
Orita (correct orthography: 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.[4] (Other sources describe the Orița as a joint Czech-Romanian project;[1] the Czech Leopold Jašek and the Romanian Nicolae Sterca are also considered to have contributed to its design.[2][5]) The manufacturer was CMC (Uzinele Metallurgice Copșa Mică și Cugir), and the first version, Model 1941, entered operational service with the Romanian Army in 1943.[1] 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.[2]
Other specifications[]
- Rifling: 6 right-hand grooves
Notes[]
Sources[]
- Anonymous. "Román kézifegyverek: Md. 1941 Orita géppisztoly". http://www.kalasnyikov.hu/index.php?page=cikkek&story=43. Retrieved 2008-01-08.. (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 1-85409-267-7.
- 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 2008-01-08..
External links[]
Photograph from the Romanian Ministry of Defence.
Technical drawing.
- Orița submachine guns Photograph from the National Military Museum of Romania.
The original article can be found at Orita M1941 and the edit history here.