How effective is the Uzi?

Military variants The Mini Uzi is 600 mm (24 in) long or 360 mm (14 in) long with the stock folded. Its barrel length is 197 mm (7.8 in), its muzzle velocity is 375 m/s (1,230 ft/s) and its effective range is 100 m (330 ft). It has a greater automatic rate of fire of 950 rounds per minute due to the shorter bolt.

What SMGs did the US use in ww2?

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

Name	Type	Origin
M1 Thompson submachine gun	Submachine gun	United States
M2 Hyde	Submachine gun	United States
M3 submachine gun	Submachine gun	United States
M50 Reising submachine gun	Submachine gun	United States

What kind of gun is a Uzi submachine gun?

Uzi submachine gun. Written By: Uzi submachine gun, compact automatic weapon that is used throughout the world as a police and special-forces firearm. The Uzi is named for its designer, Uziel Gal, an Israeli army officer who developed it after the Arab-Israeli war of 1948.

What was the most common submachine gun in WW2?

Submachine Guns of World War II 1 Germany. While the Germans suffered from a deplorable lack of standardization during World War II, the most common German SMG of the war was the iconic 9mm MP40. 2 Britain. After Dunkirk, the United Kingdom found itself with an army essentially intact but bereft of weapons. 3 Soviet Union.

How many safety mechanisms does a Uzi gun have?

It had a simple sight, protected in both the front and the rear from being dented or bashed. The gun even had three safety mechanisms: a manual lever safety, a grip safety not unlike the one built into the 1911 pistols and a bolt safety. The gun was named Uzi, after the creator.

How did the Uzi get into the war?

The Uzi wormed its way into a variety of Third World conflicts, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, was active in antirevolutionary conflicts in Central and South America, and became an object of desire in the United States among criminal gangs. The Uzi was a textbook example of a simple project successfully completed by a nascent arms industry.