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Gal did not want the weapon to be named after him but his request was ignored. It fires the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge using an open-bolt, blowback operated design with a cyclic rate of 600 rpm with a muzzle velocity of ~400 m/s (~1,310 ft/s). The weapon is 650 mm (25.6 in) long with stock extended and 470 mm (18.5 in) without. It weighs 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs) empty and 4 kg (8.8 lbs) with a fully loaded 25 round magazine inserted. A longer 32 round magazine is also available. The Uzi submachine gun is primarily used as a personal defense weapon by rear-echelon troops, officers, artillery troops and tankers. Advance and smaller Uzi variations are used by the Israeli special forces. Israeli defense doctrine is to load a magazine so that tracer rounds alternate with regular rounds. In operation, the personnel aim by walking the tracers onto the target.
The weapon was designed shortly after Israel gained its independence in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Uzi submachine gun was submitted to the Israeli army for evaluation and won out over more conventional designs due to its simplicity and economy of manufacture. It is made of stamped sheet metal and has relatively few parts, making it easy to strip for maintenance. It features a magazine held within the pistol grip, allowing for intuitive reloading in difficult conditions ("fist finds fist"). The weapon also features a grip safety, making it difficult to misfire. Despite the grip safety, the Uzi is notorious for misfiring when dropped or exposed to sudden shocks. When decocked, the ejector port closes preventing entry of dust and dirt. Also, the bolt wraps around the barrel, allowing a heavier, slower-firing bolt in a shorter, better-balanced weapon.
The initial model was accepted in 1951 and was first used in battle in 1956 and gained huge success. It was soon developed into a number of better engineered variants.
Total sales of the weapon to date (end 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap) has netted IMI over $2 billion (US), with over ninety countries using the weapons either for their soldiers or in law enforcement.
In December 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, the Israeli military announced that it was completely phasing the Uzi out of use by its forces but would continue to manufacture the weapon for both domestic use and export.
The German Bundeswehr still use the Uzi under the name MP2.
There are two smaller variants of the Uzi SMG: The Mini-Uzi, 360 mm (14.17 in) long and basically a scaled-down version of the Uzi firing from the closed-bolt position, and the Micro-Uzi, at only 250 mm (9.84 in) in length barely larger than a standard pistol45 Automatic A pistol is a usually small, hand held, projectile weapon, meant for personal use (used by one person) in short-range action. In the 15th century the term was used for small knives and daggers which could be concealed in a person's clothing. and about as small as the original Uzi design could be made. The Micro is also available as a semi-automatic pistol. A Para Micro Uzi variant, designed specially for counter terror units, was recently developed by the IMI and is in use by Israeli CT units such as the YAMAMThe YAMAM ( " ) is the elite civilian counter terrorism unit of Israel. The YAMAM has a world-wide reputation as a professional and successful counter terrorism unit and it is capable of both hostages-rescue operations as well as offensive take-over raids.
Those variants are still in use by many special forces and law enforcement agencies in the world - including in Israel and the United States.
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