IMI Uzi

IMI Uzi
The IMI Uzi submachine gun.
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
Designed	1948
Manufacturer	Israel Military Industries FN Herstal Norinco Lyttleton Engineering Works (under Vektor Arms) RH-ALAN
Produced	1950–present
Number built	10,000,000+
Variants	See Variants
Specifications
Weight	3.5 kg (7.72 lb)
Length	640 mm (25 in) stock extended 470 mm (18.5 in) stock collapsed
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
Effective range	200 m
Feed system	10 (.22 and .41 AE) 16 (.45 ACP) 20, 25, 32, 40, 50 (9 mm) magazines
Sights	Iron sights

The Uzi (Hebrew: עוזי‎, officially cased as UZI) 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 for 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, Uzi submachine guns were sold to more military and police markets than any other submachine gun ever made.