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.

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