Uzi

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Type Submachine gun
Place of origin  Israel
Service history
Used by See Users
Wars Suez Crisis
Six-Day War
Vietnam War
Yom Kippur War
Colombian internal conflict
Sri Lankan Civil War
Portuguese Colonial War
Falklands War
South African Border War
Rhodesian Bush War
Somali Civil War
Mexican Drug War
Production history
Designer Uziel Gal[1]
Designed 1948
Manufacturer Israel Military Industries
Israel Weapon Industries
FN Herstal
Norinco
Lyttleton Engineering Works (under Vektor Arms)
RH-ALAN
Produced 1950–present
Number built 10,000,000+[2]
Variants See Variants
Specifications
Weight 3.5 kg (7.72 lb)[1]
Length
  • 640 mm (25 in) stock extended[1]
  • 470 mm (18.5 in) stock collapsed
Barrel length 260 mm (10.2 in)[1]

Cartridge 9×19mm Parabellum
.22 LR
.45 ACP
.41 AE
Action Blowback,[1] open bolt
Rate of fire 600 rounds/min[1]
Muzzle velocity 400 m/s[3]
Effective range 200 m[4]
Feed system 10 (.22 and .41 AE)
16 (.45 ACP)
20, 25, 32, 40, 50 (9 mm) magazines
Sights Iron sights