Tag: Uzi

Uzi is one of the all-time favorite family of submachine guns among the firearm users from all over the world. It was designed in 1948 by Uziel Gal and is in production with manufacturers like Israel Military Industries, Israel Weapon Industries, FN Herstal, Norinco, Lyttleton Engineering Works and RH-ALAN. The production began in 1950 and since then it is being used by military and civil law enforcement departments of more than 90 countries. Uzi is also available in the commercial arms market for private consumption. Till now Uzi is the best seller among all the other submachine guns that ever existed. It has crossed the 10,000,000 benchmark a long time ago. There are many variants of the basic UZI design like Mini-Uzi, Micro-Uzi, Uzi-Pro, Uzi carbine, Mini-Uzi carbine and Uzi pistol.  Since 1954 Uzi variants have been of ample assistance to fighters in wars like Suez Crisis, Six-Day War, Vietnam War, Yom Kippur War, Colombian internal conflict, Sri Lankan Civil War, Portuguese Colonial War, Falklands War, 1982 Lebanon war, South African Border War, Rhodesian Bush War, Somali Civil War, Mexican Drug War and Syrian Civil War.

The specifications and combination details varies great deal with the variants. The standard Uzi is 3.5 kg in weight and 445 mm in length, without stock. The barrel length is 260 mm. Uzi and its variants can fire 9×19mm Parabellum, .22 LR, .45 ACP and .41 AE cartridges and it can fire 600 rounds per minute with an effective firing range of 200 m.