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Uzi submachine gun |
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Uzi submachine gunCompact 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). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Uzi Gal, 79, inventor of Israel's infamous Uzi submachine gun, died Sept. One San Gabriel Valley gang involved in a shooting at a fast-food restaurant last year in the City of Industry was later found in possession of an Uzi submachine gun equipped with a silencer, Higgin said. A Del Sur Gardens trailer park resident in a dispute with the park's manager shot up a neighboring bar with an Uzi submachine gun before being subdued by patrons, officials said Wednesday. |
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