Posted on 11/29/2011 8:18:12 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Cool, but what if you had 10 volleyballs at fifty meters?
It is surprisingly accurate. It is just a fun little thing for the range.
Do that with a hunting bow and you will officially have me impressed.
I can hit a 10 inch circle at 100 yards with both of my UZI’s set on semi. I haven’t tried it on full auto but I’ll be at the range this week and I’ll try it.
If you know what you’re doing, the UZI can be quite accurate for what it is. With a closed bolt design, it’s very accurate.
On the gun in the OP’s article... that’s ugly. It appears that they took a micro UZI receiver and tapco tacticooled it.
I can hit a 10 inch circle at 100 yards with both of my UZI’s set on semi. I haven’t tried it on full auto but I’ll be at the range this week and I’ll try it.
If you know what you’re doing, the UZI can be quite accurate for what it is. With a closed bolt design, it’s very accurate.
On the gun in the OP’s article... that’s ugly. It appears that they took a micro UZI receiver and tapco tacticooled it.
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NICE!
Back around the time of the Israeli occupation of parts of Lebanon, the Israeli Army too the Uzi submachineguns from the Israeli Tank force crews, who are regarded as an elite force among the Israeli milkitary, and for good reason. The idea was that by replacing the 9mm pistol-caliber subguns with a cutdown Galil assault rifle, the Israeli Army ammo supply would be simplified, and the tank crews would be better equipped for other routine duties like guarding roadblock checkpoints and headquarters facilities. The Galils shorty versions, known as Glilon to the tankists were heavier than an Uzi, less managable inside the confines of a tank, and had a bulkier magazine, the pouch for which hung up on the edge of turret and driver's hatches- the earlier Uzi magazines were easily carried in inside pockets of the tankists' coveralls.
So the dislike of the new weapon was made known in subtle ways. Some were run over by tanks, crushed or bent double like a hairpin. Others suffered very bent barrels. Others had parts lost during maintenance. Finally, after nearly a fourth of the new weapons required either rebuilding or outright replacement, it was decided to replace them with cutdown versions of the US-msupplied M16. Surely the finicy tank crews would appreciate that!
Nope. The aluminum and plastic wonder tow was not appreciated. The short barre; threw a horribly huge muzzle flash at night, and the plastic collapsible stocks on the shorties didn't retract fully flushwith the rear of the weapon the way the old Uzi's did, making them again bulky and cumbersome coming out of a tank in a hurry. Which the Istraely tank crews practice with the dedication of Olympic athletes. More broken, bent and ruined rifles resulted. A second issue of shorty M16s was obtained, this time the then-new American M4 carbine. No big difference, and again, the numbers of damaged and destroyed rifles began to add up.
Last I heard, some tank outfits were trying the new Israelu Tavor bullpup 5,56mm carbine. The magazines are about the same size as those of the two 5,56mm predecessors, so once agaiin the new rifles may not be seen as much of an improvement.
But now there's this new Uzi, with an electronic sight and plastic buttstock that's likely pretty easy to remove or break off and throw away. Perhaps it'll be just what the Nahal tank crews have been hoping for....
Try one at night, out of the loader's hatch of an M48 tank, against a guy four feet away on the back deck of the tank behind the turret, hoping to drop a 15-pound satchel charge down the commander's open hatch.
Too close to swing the antiaircraft/antisapper machinegun around, and you've got an Uzi with a full 25-round magazine in your hand, the shorter mag being preferred inside the tank as less likely to snag while getting out.
You have less than three seconds for your eyes to adapt to the dark, identify and acquire your hostile target, and engage, after which you'll be night-blind from the muzzle flash. Full auto magazine dumps are acceptable, so long as you clear your target and discourage any of his friends who might be thinking about trying the same thing. Head shots preferred.
No tank? Try it with a pickup truck, firing from the back end over the cab at a silhouette target fixed to a 2x4 posted verticle to the front bumper.
Hint: it's not as easy as it sounds.
Get yourself a German Leopard II tank. They come with one mounted on the wall by the gunner, and a spare behind the driver's seat.
Even the Ruger MP9 was a good bit more ergonomic and less *clunky*, though the stillborn Ruger attempt used its own non-interchangable magazines. That helped kill it.
Not that there is much to complain about with the UZI, it has proven its worth.
They were awfully darned heavy- a loaded Uzi is heavier than a loaded M16A1 rifle. That's not a big deal for us treadheads, but the poor bloody infantrymen who sometimes have to carry everything they have on their backs, it's a big deal.
Can I make small monthly payments? ;>)
No kidding. LOL.
Happily, the Jordanians didn't cross the frontier and tangle with us, but in some areas where they were with the Syrians, they did.
Natürlich! But no old Reichmarks, please, just gold.
Lots and lots of gold....
LOL... If I had all of that, I’d be sending this response from a 65’ sailboat located in a beautiful cove off some warm tropical island.......instead of a mountain top where it’s a cloudy 38* outside. ;>)
“What I did during my vacation.”
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