Just the same, many are still in service world-wide with both military and police units. The Uzi was gradually phased out in front line service as the military has realized that fully automatic carbines have greater range and effect than a pistol caliber carbine. Like any firearm, the Uzi will malfunction if dirty enough but it is more reliable than most firearms. The pistol has been on the price point compared to European designs and reliability has never been an issue. The Uzi is easily one of the most popular submachine guns ever designed. This design feature is particularly advantageous in low light battle. The magazine position allows the user to quickly change magazines simply by meeting the hands in the middle position. The Uzi in its original version fired at a cyclic rate of approximately six hundred rounds per minute. The action is a simple blowback with the bolt’s energy harnessed by a powerful recoil spring.
The Uzi Submachine Gun is simple mechanically, firing from an open bolt. The Uzi was born of stark necessity and the need for self preservation and soon became an icon for the fighting ability of Israel. The Uzi proved relatively simple to manufacture, inexpensive compared to imported firearms, and even gave Israel a top of the line commodity for export. An additional safety measure is a positive grip safety that prevents the trigger from being pressed if the grip safety is not fully compressed. Primary design features included a telescoping bolt that wrapped around the barrel to increase compactness and the magazine design that was fitted into the grip frame. The Uzi 9mm submachine gun was not particularly innovative in some regards as it relied upon proven design principle but the confluence of design proved immediately successful. Some sixty years ago the Uzi submachine gun was invented by Captain Uziel Gal.
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