Orița M1941

The Orița is a 9×19mm Parabellum submachine gun that was 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 mass production was made by CMC Uzinele Metallurgice Copșa Mică together with Cugir Arms Factory. The first version, Model 1941, entered operational service with the Romanian Army in 1943.[1] Two later improved models were the Model 1948, with a fixed wooden stock, and the rare paratrooper Model 1949, with a folding metal stock.[6] It remained in service with the Romanian Army until it was replaced in the 1960s by the more powerful Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965, a Romanian version of the AK-47 assault rifle. The Orița remained in service with the Romanian paramilitaries ("Gărzile Patriotice") until the 1970s.[2]

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Oriṭa M1941
Type	Submachine gun
Place of origin	Romania
Service history
In service	1943[1]–1970s[2]
Used by	Romania Nazi Germany
Production history
Designed	1941
Manufacturer	Uzinele Metalurgice Copșa Mică și Cugir
No. built	6,000+
Variants	Orița M1941, Orița 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)
Cartridge	9×19mm Parabellum[3]
Rate of fire	400-600 rpm cyclic
Muzzle velocity	400 m/s (1,300 ft/s)
Effective firing range	200 m (656.2 ft)
Feed system	25 or 32 round detachable box magazine
Sights	graded from 100 m (328.1 ft) to 500 m (1,640.4 ft)

With a production rate of 666 pieces per month as of October 1942,[7] 6,000 were produced until October 1943.[8]

A small quantity of these Romanian weapons was also used by the Wehrmacht during the last two years of the Second World War.[9]