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The Uzi carbine is similar in appearance to the Uzi submachine gun. The Uzi carbine is fitted with a 400-millimetre (16 in) barrel, to meet the minimum rifle barrel length requirement for civilian sales in the United States. A small number of Uzi carbines were produced with the standard length barrel for special markets.
The stock is tubular and sidefolding, departing from the complicated retractable design of the Israeli UZI; it pivots underneath the back side of the receiver and lies flat against the right side of the gun when folded. It is longer than the UZI stock (200 millimetres vs. 180), and results more comfortable to operate and to shoulder.
Yisrael Galili (Hebrew: ישראל גלילי, born Yisrael Balashnikov; [1] 23 October 1923 – 9 March 1995) [2] was an Israeli weapons designer, best known for designing the Galil assault rifle. He also helped to create the Uzi submachine gun. He was known in the military by the nickname 'Father of the Rifle'.
Submachine guns; IMI Uzi [7] Submachine gun: 9×19mm Israel: Uzi, Mini-Uzi, Micro-Uzi, and Uzi-Pro used. Ingram MAC-10 [4] Submachine gun: 9×19mm United States: IWI X95 [4] Submachine gun and bullpup assault rifle: 9×19mm variant Israel: 9x19mm suppressed variant used by IDF Special Forces Semi-automatic rifle; Suppressed Ruger 10/22 [6] [8 ...
It essentially failed as both a civilian product as well as a military one, the South African Defence Force using either the Israeli Uzi or the locally South African produced Milkor BXP submachine gun. Dogged by unreliability, legislative restrictions on licences and being no more than a heavy semi-auto pistol, the Sanna-77 was a commercial ...
Submachine gun West Germany: MP5A3 used by Black Wasp (Cuban Special Forces) Uzi [5] 9×19mm: Submachine gun Israel: Star Model Z-45 [6] 9×23mm: Submachine gun Spain: M3 Grease Gun [7] 9×19mm: Submachine gun United States: M3 and M3A1 Shotguns Browning Auto-5 [8] 12 gauge: Semi-automatic shotgun United States: Rifles SKS: 7.62×39mm: Semi ...
Uziel "Uzi" Gal (Hebrew: עוזיאל "עוזי" גל, born Gotthard Glas; 15 December 1923 – 7 September 2002) was a German-born Israeli firearm designer who invented and became the eponym of the Uzi submachine gun.
The Magen division rose to international prominence in the 1950s, as the creator of the Uzi, of which over 10 million would be produced, netting billions of dollars for the company. [4] Subsequent well known military exports have included the Jericho 941 semi-automatic pistol , Negev light machine gun , Galil assault rifle , Tavor assault rifle ...