Designed by Major Uziel Gal in the 1940s and prototyped by 1950, the Uzi was one of the first products of the Israeli national defense industry that promoted self-reliance. Made in the 1960s for the IDF, the Uzi has been adopted by 27 nations and is a favorite of SFs and HRUs as well as the IDF. A compact weapon, the Uzi uses a wrap-around bolt which encloses much of the barrel at the instant of firing and can fire 600 rpm. Well-balanced, it can be fired using one hand, arm extended with great accuracy! It uses a 25 or 32 round mag and can come with or without a wooden stock or a metal folder. West Germany used it for some time even with the HK MP-5. That says a lot about how good it is. There is also the Mini-Uzi which is 2 lbs lighter and even more compact with compensator slots for better control. That takes a 20 rd mag or can use the higher capacity mags of the regular Uzi. I have fired both and can say positively that it is much more accurate than the compact US M10 which makes a lot of noise and smoke but is not really that controllable (reason why the SAS rejected it for their inventory). Trivia note: the Uzi was the first weapon aboard Air Force One that accidentally fired when a Secret Service man tried to store it in a rack and dropped it. He had taped the safety OFF and when it hit the floor, it fired- grazing the head of another agent!!!

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