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Uzi inventor dies

alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
edited September 2002 in General Discussion
Inventor of Uzi submachine gun dies in United States at 79

Jerusalem-AP -- The inventor of the Uzi submachine gun has died.

Family members say Uzi Gal died in Philadelphia over the weekend after a long illness. He was 79. He will be buried in Israel, where his family fled after Adolf Hitler came to power in their native Germany.

The Uzi submachine gun was invented in the 1950s and used by the Israeli army for the first time during its Sinai campaign in 1956. It has became a mainstay of secret services from Jerusalem to Washington.

In recent years, Gal was developing a new type of pistol that was to be marketed in the United States. An Israeli newspaper said the new weapon was to "create a revolution in the international weapons market."

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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    Does this mean that UZI is now WASZI?

    Sorry, I couldn,t help myself.

    Charlie

    "It's the stuff dreams are made of Angel"NRA Certified Firearms InstructorMember: GOA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2ndAMPD. njretcop@copmail.com
  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    This engineer and his design are among the most influential of modern times. And a relatively new design, when you think about it.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
  • dads-freeholddads-freehold Member Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    greetings, hate to bust the bubble , his design was ripped off a chec subgun. aitho i heard he appraoched mossberg or ruger with a truly innovative design some year ago.. haven't heard anything since. respt submitted dads-freehold

    if your going to be a savage, be a headhunter
  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    No busted bubble. The Uzi is still one of THE most widespread, successful guns of our time. Might as well say Jobs & Wozniak ripped off IBM when they put out the Macintosh. Gates copied the Mac interface to build Windows, but only after it had become an unqualified no-brainer hit.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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