The Uzi is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns and machine pistols first designed by Major Uziel "Uzi" Gal in the late 1940s, shortly after the establishment of the State of Israel. It is one of the first weapons to incorporate a telescoping bolt design, which allows the magazine to be housed in the pistol grip for a shorter weapon.
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Specifications ◎ SMG
Type SMG
Origin Israel
Manufacturer Israel Military Industries
Cartridge 9×19mm Parabellum
Action Blowback, open bolt
Muzzle velocity 400 m/s
Effective range 200 m
Rate of fire 600 rounds/min
Weight 3.5 kg
Length 445 mm stockless
Feed system 10-round box magazine (.22 and .41 AE)
In service 1954–present
Conflicts *1950s **Suez Crisis **Basque conflict *1960s **Guatemalan Civil War **Portuguese Colonial War **The troubles **West New Guinea dispute **Communist insurgency in Thailand **Six-Day War **Vietnam War **Ñancahuazú Guerrilla **War of Attrition *1970s **Yom Kippur War **Internal conflict in Colombia **Internal conflict in Peru **Angolan Civil War **Shaba II **Rhodesian Bush War **Nicaraguan Revolution *1980s **Salvadoran Civil War **Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan **Falklands War **Sri Lankan Civil War **Invasion of Grenada **Lebanese Civil War **1982 Lebanon war **South African Border War **Thai–Laotian Border War * 1990s **Persian Gulf War **Yugoslav Wars **Somali Civil War **Sierra Leone Civil War **Burundian Civil War **First Congo War * 2000s **War in Darfur **Mexican drug war **Kivu conflict **First Ivorian Civil War * 2010s **Syrian Civil War * 2020s **Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) **Myanmar Civil War **Gaza war
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