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Uzi submachine gun
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Uzi submachine gun

Compact automatic weapon used throughout the world as a police and special-forces firearm. It was named for its designer, Uziel Gal, an Israeli officer who developed it after the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. It is 25.6 in. (650 mm) long with its folding metal butt fully extended. The barrel is only 10 in. (260 mm) long. When loaded with a 25- or 32-round magazine of 9-mm pistol ammunition, it weighs about 9 lbs (4 kg). It has also been made in miniature versions as short as 18 in. (460 mm).



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Christopher was pronounced dead at Baystate Medical Centre, in Springfield, on Sunday afternoon, shortly after firing the micro Uzi - his first time shooting a fully automatic gun - at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club, co-sponsored by COP Firearms & Training.
on Sunday afternoon, shortly after firing a 9mm micro Uzi submachine gun at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club, co-sponsored by C.
 
 
 
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