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Uzi submachine gun

Uzi
Uzi of the israeli armed forces.jpg
Type

Submachine gun

Machine pistol (Mini Uzi, Micro Uzi)
Place of origin Israel
Service history
In service 1954–present
Used by See Users
Wars Suez Crisis
Six-Day War
The Troubles
Vietnam War
War of Attrition
Yom Kippur War
Colombian internal conflict
Sri Lankan Civil War
Portuguese Colonial War
Falklands War
Invasion of Grenada
1982 Lebanon war
South African Border War
Rhodesian Bush War
Somali Civil War
Mexican Drug War
Syrian Civil War
Miami Drug Wars
Production history
Designer Uziel Gal
Designed 1948
Manufacturer Israel Military Industries
Israel Weapon Industries
FN Herstal
Norinco
Lyttleton Engineering Works (under Vektor Arms)
RH-ALAN
Group Industries
Produced 1950–present
No. built 10,000,000+
Variants See Variants
Specifications
Weight 3.5 kg (7.72 lb)
Length
  • 445 mm (17.5 in) stockless
  • 470 mm (18.5 in) folding stock collapsed
  • 640 mm (25 in) folding stock extended
Barrel length 260 mm (10.2 in)

Cartridge 9×19mm Parabellum
.22 LR
.45 ACP
.41 AE
Action Blowback,open bolt
Rate of fire 600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity 400 m/s (9mm)
Effective firing range 200 m
Feed system 10-round magazine (.22 and .41 AE)
16-round magazine (.45 ACP)
20-, 25-, 32-, 40-, 50-round magazines (9 mm) magazines
Sights Iron sights

Submachine gun

The Uzi (Hebrew: עוזי‎‎, officially cased as UZI) pronunciation: Listeni/ˈzi/ is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns. Smaller variants are considered to be machine pistols. The Uzi was one of the first weapons to use a telescoping bolt design which allows the magazine to be housed in the pistol grip for a shorter weapon.

The first Uzi submachine gun was designed by Major Uziel Gal in the late 1940s. The prototype was finished in 1950. First introduced to IDF special forces in 1954, the weapon was placed into general issue two years later. The Uzi has found use as a personal defense weapon by rear-echelon troops, officers, artillery troops and tankers, as well as a frontline weapon by elite light infantry assault forces.

The Uzi has been exported to over 90 countries. Over its service lifetime, it has been manufactured by Israel Military Industries, FN Herstal, and other manufacturers. From the 1960s through the 1980s, more Uzi submachine guns were sold to more military, law enforcement and security markets than any other submachine gun ever made.


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