Uzi

The ”’Uzi”’ (lang-he|”’עוזי”’) is a family of guns that started with a compact, boxy, yet lightweight submachine gun. Smaller and newer variants are considered machine pistols. The first Uzi submachine gun was designed by Uziel Gal in the late 1940s. It was manufactured by Israel Military Industries, FN Herstal, and others.

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• name: Uzi
• origin: Israel
• type: submachine gun
• is_ranged: yes
• used_by: Israel, other nations including Belgium (Under license), Colombia, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Netherlands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Africa, United States of America and many other police/military organisations.
• wars: Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Sri Lankan Civil War, South African Border War, Rhodesian Bush War, anti-guerilla operations in Colombia and the Philippines
• designer: Uziel Gal
• design_date: 1948
• manufacturer: Israel Military Industries, FN Herstal, Norinco, Lyttleton Engineering Works (Under Vektor Arms), RH-ALAN
• weight: 3.5 kg (7.7 lb)
• length: 470 mm (18.5 in), 650 mm (25.6 in) with stock extended
• cartridge: 9 mm Parabellum, .22 LR, .45ACP, .41AE
• action: open-bolt, blowback
• rate: 600 round/min
• velocity: ~400 m/s (~1,310 ft/s)
• feed: 10 (.22 and .41AE), 16 (.45ACP) 20, 32, 40 and 50 round magazines
• sights: iron sight