It was manufactured by Group Industries – out of business many years ago, due to financial problems. This brings us to my current Uzi carbine. True Uzi purists insist on the metal folding stock – and I like it, too. Not too many years ago, I ran across an unlicensed Chinese-made Uzi “clone” – it seemed to have been made out of lead, we are taking one heavy carbine. But I never had one that was 100% reliable. Over the years, I’ve owned more than a few Uzi semi-auto carbines, as well as handguns – even the ever popular Action Arms Uzi Carbine and handguns. The Germans not only purchased Uzi’s from Israel, but the 32-round magazines as well. At some point, Israel decided to standardize with a 32-round magazine that is totally reliable. However, most of these proved unreliable. Other magazines were tried, that held 40 or 50 rounds. The original Uzi used a 25-round magazine. The Uzi was also issued to some German police and border patrol units. It seems that old wounds can be healed, in some cases. Believe it or not, even the German military –the same one, that sent Jews to their deaths in WW2–adopted the Uzi for some military units. Israel is in an almost constant state of war. The Uzi saw a lot of use during the Six Day War in Israel, in 1967, and the 1973 Yon Kippur war. You may recall, when (then) President Ronald Reagan was shot, that there was a photo of a Secret Service Agent, who had his Uzi in-hand in a split second. Our own US Secret Service used to carry them in either shoulder holsters, or concealed in specially designed brief cases, so they could protect the President of the USA. Since the inception of the Uzi SMG, it has been adopted by at least 90 countries throughout the world. However, the Uzi is still being used in the IDF for certain missions, and there are hundreds of thousands of them still held as war reserves. Israel has also followed the trend away from pistol caliber carbines and SMGs, and toward small, high velocity rifle cartridges, for their versatility. The 9mm Uzi SMG is no longer general issue in Israel, because of the advent of more recent designs that are lighter in weight. The original Uzi was made by IMI – Israeli Military Industries, and anyone the least bit familiar with IMI will know they are famous for turning out some of the best military weapons in the world. Later, the Uzi was general issue, and mainly issued to rear echelon military personnel – much like our own M1 Carbine was, during WW2.
Initially it was only issued to their Special Forces groups. It was officially adopted by the Israel Defense Force (IDF) in 1954. The first prototype Uzi SMG came out in 1950.
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But the original Uzi was full auto and designed for war, plain and simple. However, many police departments adopted the Uzi over the years, even though it is heavy, coming it at 7.7 pounds, on average. It is build tank tough, and it can take a beating. Make no mistake, the Uzi sub gun was designed to be a military weapon. Most readers are familiar with the Uzi SMG, as it has been seen in many movies, and because of its use in conflicts in Israel and around the world. When the Nazis came to power in 1933 his family moved first to England and later, in 1936, to Kibbutz Yagur in the British Mandate of Palestine, where he changed his name to Uziel Gal. He would be 93, if he were still living, but he passed away of 2002. He was born December 15, 1923, in Weimar, Germany. As was noted in the blog, yesterday was his birthday. The Uzi was designed in the late 1940s by Captain (later Major) Uziel “Uzi” Gal. However, I’ll give some background on the Uzi submachinegun, for our readers, and then some history on civilian semi-auto versions on the Uzi – both licensed and unlicensed copies. The Uzi submachinegun has a very long history, and you can read all you want about this outstanding sub machine gun, on the ‘net – be advised, there is a lot of history behind this gun, and worldwide usage as well.