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{{Short description|Family of Israeli submachine guns}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox weapon
| name               = Uzi
| image              = File:Uzi of the israeli armed forces.jpg
| image_size         = 330
| caption            = Uzi submachine gun
| origin             = [[Israel]]
| type               = [[Submachine gun]]
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged          = yes
<!-- Service history -->| service            = 1954–present
| used_by            = See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
| wars               = {{tree list}}
*'''1950s'''
**[[Suez Crisis]]
**[[Basque conflict]]
*'''1960s'''
**[[Guatemalan Civil War]]
**[[Portuguese Colonial War]]
**[[West New Guinea dispute]]<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=February 2013 |title=Kiprah Tempur Pasukan Belanda |trans-title=Dutch Troops Combat History |language=ID |magazine=Angkasa Edisi Koleksi No. 82: Kisah Heroik Pertempuran Laut Trikora |location=Jakarta |publisher=[[Kompas Gramedia Group]] |pages= 90–91}}</ref>
**[[Six-Day War]]
**[[Vietnam War]]
**[[Ñancahuazú Guerrilla]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arsof-history.org/articles/v4n4_new_stage_begins_page_1.html |title="Today a New Stage Begins" Che Guevara in Bolivia|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128063635/https://arsof-history.org/articles/v4n4_new_stage_begins_page_1.html|archive-date=January 28, 2023}}</ref>
**[[War of Attrition]]
*'''1970s'''
**[[Yom Kippur War]]
**[[Colombian conflict|Internal conflict in Colombia]]
**[[Internal conflict in Peru]]
**[[Angolan Civil War]]<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Callan’s Mercenaries Are Defeated in Northern Angola|title=Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts|first=Scott|last= Fitzsimmons|date=November 2012|isbn=9781107026919|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZfGYsrEIBEC|page=155|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|doi=10.1017/CBO9781139208727.005}}</ref>
**[[Shaba II]]<ref name="Congo">{{cite magazine|title=Les armes de Kolwezi|first=Jacques|last=Sicard|pages=25–30|magazine=La Gazette des armes|language=fr|url=http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/gazette-des-armes/numero-111-novembre-1982/page-28-29-texte-integral|issue=111|date=November 1982|access-date=2018-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019075744/http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/gazette-des-armes/numero-111-novembre-1982/page-28-29-texte-integral|archive-date=2018-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Rhodesian Bush War]]
**[[Nicaraguan Revolution]]
*'''1980s'''
**[[Salvadoran Civil War]]
**[[Falklands War]]
**[[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]]
**[[Invasion of Grenada]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Grenade 1983|author=Lee E. Russel|year=1985|page=39}}</ref>
**[[Lebanese Civil War]]
**[[1982 Lebanon war]]
**[[South African Border War]]
* '''1990s'''
**[[Gulf War]]
**[[Yugoslav Wars]]
**[[Somali Civil War]]
**[[Sierra Leone Civil War]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Christina|last=Wille|editor-first1=Nicolas|editor-last1=Florquin|editor-first2=Eric G.|editor-last2=Berman|date=May 2005|chapter=Children Associated with Fighting Forces and Small Arms in the Mano River Union|title=Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-01-Armed-and-Aimless/SAS-Armed-Aimless-Part-1-Chapter-06.pdf|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/de/publications/by-type/book-series/armed-and-aimless.html|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]|isbn=2-8288-0063-6|page=198|access-date=2019-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040219/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/de/publications/by-type/book-series/armed-and-aimless.html|archive-date=2019-01-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**[[Burundian Civil War]]
**[[First Congo War]]<ref name ='SAS 2005 11'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2005/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2005-Chapter-11-EN.pdf|chapter=The Central African Republic: A Case Study of Small Arms and Conflict|title=Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2005|author=Small Arms Survey|author-link=Small Arms Survey|page=318|isbn=978-0-19-928085-8|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830004838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html|archive-date=2018-08-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '''2000s'''
**[[War in Darfur]]{{r|mcnab2011|p=55}}
**[[Mexican drug war]]
**[[Kivu conflict]]<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Highlights-EN.pdf|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Chapter-07-EN.pdf|chapter=Waning Cohesion: The Rise and Fall of the FDLR–FOCA|title=Small Arms Survey 2015: weapons and the world|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2015|author=Small Arms Survey|author-link=Small Arms Survey|ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2015}}|page=201|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128065841/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Highlights-EN.pdf|archive-date=2018-01-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**[[First Ivorian Civil War]]<ref name = 'SAS RCI 2012'>{{cite report|language=fr|title=Enquête nationale sur les armes légères et de petit calibre en Côte d'Ivoire: les défis du contrôle des armes et de la lutte contre la violence armée avant la crise post-électorale|first=Savannah|last=de Tessières|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]], Commission Nationale de Lutte contre la Prolifération et la Circulation Illicite des Armes Légères et de Petit Calibre and [[Small Arms Survey]]|date=April 2012|series=Special Report No. 14|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR14-CoteIvoire.pdf|page=75|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009102938/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR14-CoteIvoire.pdf|archive-date=2018-10-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '''2010s'''
**[[Syrian Civil War]]
* '''2020s'''
**[[Russo-Ukrainian War]]<ref name="Ukr War">{{cite web |title=Uzi In Ukraine |url=https://armourersbench.com/2023/05/14/uzi-in-ukraine/ |website=The Armourers Bench |language=en |date=14 May 2023}}</ref>
**[[Myanmar Civil War]]
**[[Israel-Gaza war]]
{{tree list/end}}
<!-- Production history -->| designer           = [[Uziel Gal]]<ref name="miller2001">{{cite book |title=The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns |last=Miller |first=David |year=2001 |publisher=Salamander Books |location=London |pages=391–393 |isbn=1-84065-245-4 |oclc=59522369 }}</ref>
| design_date        = 1950<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gaboury|first1=David|title=The UZI Submachine Gun Examined|date=3 July 2017|publisher=Andrew Mowbray Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-1931464765|page=25}}</ref>
| manufacturer       = [[Israel Military Industries]]<br />[[Israel Weapon Industries]]
Copies or variants made by:
*[[FN Herstal]]
*[[Norinco]]
*[[Z111 Factory]]
*[[Lyttleton Engineering Works]] (under Vektor Arms)
*RH-ALAN 
*Group Industries
| production_date    = 1950–present
| number             = 10,000,000+<ref name="mcmanners2003">{{cite book |title=Ultimate Special Forces |last=McManners |first=Hugh |year=2003 |publisher=DK Publishing |location=New York |isbn=0-7894-9973-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ultimatespecialf00hugh/page/157 157] |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimatespecialf00hugh/page/157 |access-date=6 January 2011 |oclc=53221575 |url-access=registration }}</ref>
| variants           = See ''[[#Military variants|Variants]]''
<!-- General specifications -->| weight             = {{convert|3.5|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="miller2001"/>
| length             = * {{convert|445|mm|in|abbr=on}} stockless
* {{convert|470|mm|abbr=on|1}} folding stock collapsed
* {{convert|640|mm|in|abbr=on}} folding stock extended<ref name="miller2001"/>
| part_length        = {{convert|260|mm|abbr=on|1}}<ref name="miller2001"/>
| crew               = <!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| cartridge          = [[.22 LR]]<br />[[.41 Action Express|.41 AE]]<br />[[.45 ACP]]<br />[[9×19mm Parabellum]]<br />[[9×21mm|9×21mm IMI]]
| caliber            = 
| action             = [[Blowback (arms)|Blowback]],<ref name="miller2001"/> [[open bolt]]
| rate               = 600 rounds/min<br />950 rounds/min Mini Uzi<br />1200–1500 rounds/min Micro Uzi<ref name="miller2001"/>
| velocity           = {{convert|400|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on|lk=on}} (9mm)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uzi.com/firearms.html |title=Firearms |work=The Uzi Official Website |publisher=Uzi Brands International |access-date=6 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506113520/http://www.uzi.com/firearms.html |archive-date=6 May 2013 }}</ref>
| range              = 200 m<ref>{{cite web |url=http://world.guns.ru/smg/isr/uzi--micro-uzi--mini-uzi-e.html |title=UZI / Mini UZI / Micro UZI submachine gun (Israel) |first=Max R. |last=Popenker |date=27 October 2010 |publisher=World Guns: Modern Firearms & Ammunition |access-date=6 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110133302/http://world.guns.ru/smg/isr/uzi--micro-uzi--mini-uzi-e.html |archive-date=10 January 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| max_range          = 
| feed               = * 10-round [[magazine (firearms)|box magazine]] (.22 and .41 AE)
* 12-, 16-, or 22-round box (.45 ACP)
* 20-, 25-, 32-, 40-, or 50-round box (9×19mm Parabellum)
| sights             = [[Iron sight]]s
}}

The '''Uzi''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-uzi.ogg|pron|ˈ|uː|z|i}}; {{langx|he|עוזי|Ūzi}}; officially [[Letter case|cased]] as '''UZI''') is a family of Israeli [[open bolt|open-bolt]], [[blowback (arms)|blowback]]-operated [[submachine gun]]s and [[machine pistol]]s first designed by Major [[Uziel Gal|Uziel "Uzi" Gal]] in the late 1940s, shortly after the establishment of the State of Israel. It is one of the first weapons to incorporate a [[telescoping bolt]] design, which allows the [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]] to be housed in the pistol grip for a shorter weapon.

The Uzi prototype was finished in 1950. It was first introduced to [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) special forces in 1954, and the weapon was placed into general issue two years later. The IDF supplied Uzis to rear-echelon troops, officers, artillery troops and tank crews, as well as a frontline weapon by elite light infantry assault forces.

The Uzi has been exported to over 90 countries.<ref name="mcmanners2003"/> Over its service lifetime, it has been manufactured by [[Israel Military Industries]], [[FN Herstal]], and other manufacturers. From the 1960s through to the 1980s, more Uzi submachine guns were sold to more military, law enforcement and security markets than any other submachine gun ever made.<ref name="FF">{{cite journal | last = Hackathorn| first = Ken | title = Using the Uzi| journal = Fighting Firearms| volume = 3| issue = 1| pages = 18–23| publisher = Soldier of Fortune| year = 1995 }}</ref>

== Design ==
The Uzi uses an [[open bolt|open-bolt]], [[blowback (arms)|blowback]]-operated design, quite similar to the Jaroslav Holeček-designed Czech ZK 476 (prototype only)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pmulcahy.com/submachineguns/israeli_submachineguns.htm|title= IMI Uzi|first= Paul|last= Mulcahy|access-date= 25 November 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130120073355/http://pmulcahy.com/submachineguns/israeli_submachineguns.htm|archive-date= 20 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and the production [[Sa vz. 23|Sa 23, Sa 24, Sa 25, and Sa 26]] series of submachine guns introduced in 1948. The open bolt design exposes the barrel's breech end, improving cooling during periods of continuous fire. However, it means that since the bolt is held to the rear when cocked, the receiver is more susceptible to contamination from sand and dirt. It uses a [[telescoping bolt]] design, in which the bolt wraps around the breech end of the barrel.<ref name="IH">{{cite book | last = Hogg | first = Ian V. | author-link = Ian V. Hogg | title = Guns and How They Work | publisher = Everest House | year = 1979 | location = New York | pages = 157–158 | isbn = 0-89696-023-4 }}</ref> This allows the barrel to be moved far back into the [[receiver (firearms)|receiver]] and the [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]] to be housed in the pistol grip, allowing for a heavier, slower-firing bolt in a shorter, better-balanced weapon.<ref name="FF"/>

The weapon is constructed primarily from stamped sheet metal, making it less expensive per unit to manufacture than an equivalent design machined from forgings. With relatively few moving parts, the Uzi is easy to strip for maintenance or repair. The magazine is housed within the pistol grip, allowing for intuitive and easy reloading in dark or difficult conditions, under the principle of "hand finds hand". The pistol grip is fitted with a [[grip safety]], making it difficult to fire accidentally. However, the protruding vertical magazine makes the gun awkward to fire when prone.<ref name="IH"/> The Uzi features a bayonet lug.<ref name="Lewis">{{cite book |title=The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons |last=Lewis |first=Jack |author2=Steele, David E. |author-link =Jack Lewis (screenwriter) |year=2000 |edition=5th |publisher=Krause Publications |location=Iola, Wis. |isbn=0-87341-778-X |page=222 |oclc=43521989}}</ref>
[[File:Uzi Gal.jpg|thumb|[[Uziel Gal]], the designer and inventor of the Uzi submachine gun]]

===Operation===
The non-reciprocating charging handle on the top of the receiver cover is used to retract the bolt. Variants have a ratchet safety mechanism which will catch the bolt and lock its movement if it is retracted past the magazine, but not far enough to engage the [[sear (firearm)|sear]]. When the handle is fully retracted to the rear, the bolt will cock (catch) on the sear mechanism and the handle and cover are released to spring fully forward under power of a small spring. The cover will remain forward during firing since it does not reciprocate with the bolt. The military and police versions will fire immediately upon chambering a cartridge as the Uzi is an open bolt weapon.

There are two external safety mechanisms on the Uzi. The first is the three-position selector lever located at the top of the grip and behind the trigger group. The rear position is "S", or "safe" (S = Sicher or Secure on the MP2), which locks the sear and prevents movement of the bolt.

The second external safety mechanism is the grip safety, which is located at the rear of the grip. It is meant to help prevent accidental discharge if the weapon is dropped or the user loses a firm grip on the weapon during firing.

The trigger mechanism is a conventional firearm trigger, but functions only to control the release mechanism for either the bolt (submachine gun) or firing pin holding mechanism (semi-auto) since the Uzi does not incorporate an internal cocking or hammer mechanism. While the open-bolt system is mechanically simpler than a closed-bolt design (e.g. [[Heckler & Koch MP5]]), it creates a noticeable delay between when the trigger is pulled and when the gun fires.

The magazine release button or lever is located on the lower portion of the pistol grip and is intended to be manipulated by the non-firing hand. The paddle-like button lies flush with the pistol grip in order to help prevent accidental release of the magazine during rigorous or careless handling.

When the gun is de-cocked the ejector port closes, preventing entry of dust and dirt. Though the Uzi's stamped-metal receiver is equipped with pressed reinforcement slots to accept accumulated dirt and sand, the weapon can still jam with heavy accumulations of sand in desert combat conditions when not cleaned regularly.<ref name="KD">{{cite book| last = Dockery| first =Kevin| author-link=Kevin Dockery (author)|title = Future Weapons| url = https://archive.org/details/futureweapons0000dock| url-access = limited| publisher = Berkley Caliber |location=New York | year = 2007| pages = [https://archive.org/details/futureweapons0000dock/page/227 227]–229| isbn = 978-0-425-21750-4 }}</ref> The magazine must be removed prior to de-cocking the weapon.

=== Stocks ===
[[File:1952 General von Horn IMI Uzi 001 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Uzi with a detachable wooden stock]]
[[File:UZI Submachine Gun (7414624230).jpg|thumb|Uzi with a folding stock]]

There are different stocks available for the Uzi proper.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gaboury|first1=David|title=The UZI Submachine Gun Examined|date=3 July 2017|publisher=Andrew Mowbray Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-1931464765|page=234}}</ref> There is a wooden stock with a metal buttplate that comes in three similar variations that were used by the IDF. The first version had a flat butt and straight [[Stock (firearms)#Comb|comb]] and had hollows for a cleaning rod and gun oil bottle. The second had an angled butt and a straight comb and no hollows. The third had an angled butt and curved comb and no hollows; a polymer version is currently available from IMI. The wooden stocks originally had a quick-release base but the ones sold in the United States often had a permanent base for legal reasons, as detachable stocks on pistols or other short-barreled weapons upgrade the weapon to [[National Firearms Act|NFA]] status.<ref>{{cite web |title= FAQ |url=https://www.uzitalk.com/reference/pages/FAQ.htm#Barrel%20and%20stock |website=UZI Talk }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=If a person has a pistol and an attachable shoulder stock, does this constitute possession of an NFA firearm?  |url=https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/if-person-has-pistol-and-attachable-shoulder-stock-does-constitute-possession-nfa |website=Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives |date=April 13, 2020 }}</ref>

Choate made an aftermarket polymer stock with a rubber butt-pad that had a flat butt, a straight comb, and a permanent base.

In 1956,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gaboury|first1=David|title=The UZI Submachine Gun Examined|date=3 July 2017|publisher=Andrew Mowbray Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-1931464765|page=40}}</ref> IMI developed a downward-folding twin-strut metal stock with two swivelling sections that tuck under the rear of the receiver. The Mini Uzi has a forward-folding single-strut metal stock that is actually an inch longer than the Uzi's. Its buttplate can be used as a foregrip when stowed. The Micro Uzi has a similar model.

=== Magazines ===
The original box magazines for the 9mm Uzi had a 25-round capacity. Experimental 40- and 50-round extended magazines were tried but were found to be unreliable. A 32-round extended magazine was then tried and was later accepted as standard. The Mini Uzi and Micro Uzi use a shorter 20-round magazine. Available extended magazines include 40-, and 50-round magazines. Other high-capacity aftermarket magazines exist such as the Vector Arms 70-round and Beta Company ([[Beta C-Mag]]) 100-round [[Drum magazine|drums]].

The .45 ACP Uzi used a 16- or 22-round magazine, while the .45 ACP Micro Uzi and Mini Uzi used a 12-round magazine. A conversion kit by Vector Arms allowed the .45-caliber Uzi to use the same 30-round magazines as the [[M3 submachine gun|M3 "Grease Gun"]].{{r|mcnab2011|p=20–25}}

=== Caliber conversions ===
The Uzi was available with caliber conversion kits in .22 LR or [[.41 AE]]. The operator just has to change the barrel, bolt and magazine. The .22 LR had 20-round magazines; the original IMI kit used a barrel insert while the aftermarket Action Arms kit used a full replacement barrel. The .41 AE also had a 20-round magazine; since it has the same bolt face as the 9×19mm Parabellum, only the barrel and magazine needed to be changed.{{r|mcnab2011|p=20–25}}

IMI also manufactured a .45ACP conversion kit both in full auto/open bolt with a 10.2" barrel for the 9mm SMG and a semi only/closed bolt with a 16" barrel for the carbine version. Magazine capacity is limited, with 2 sizes of 16 and 10 rds each.

== History and operational use ==
[[File:Soldier Ismailiya.jpg|thumb|alt= A soldier with an Uzi next to a road sign reading "ISMAILIA 36"|An Israeli soldier with an Uzi during the Yom Kippur War (1973)]]
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 12768 IDF parade in Jerusalem in 1968.jpg|thumb|Israeli soldiers on parade with Uzis, Jerusalem, 1968]]
The Uzi submachine gun was designed by Captain (later Major) [[Uziel Gal]] of the [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) following the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]]. The weapon was submitted to the Israeli Army for evaluation and won out over more conventional designs due to its simplicity and economy of manufacture. Gal did not want the weapon to be named after him, but his request was ignored. The Uzi was officially adopted in 1951. First introduced to IDF special forces in 1954, the weapon was placed into general issue two years later. The first Uzis were equipped with a short, fixed wooden buttstock, and this is the version that initially saw combat during the 1956 Suez Campaign. Later models would be equipped with a folding metal stock.<ref name="KD" />

The Uzi was used as a [[personal defense weapon]] by rear-echelon troops, officers, artillery troops and tankers, as well as a frontline weapon by elite light infantry assault forces. The Uzi's compact size and firepower proved instrumental in clearing Syrian bunkers and Jordanian defensive positions during the 1967 [[Six-Day War]]. Though the weapon was phased out of frontline IDF service in the 1980s, some Uzis and Uzi variants were still used by a few IDF units until December 2003, when the IDF announced that it was retiring the Uzi from all IDF forces.<ref name="submachine2003">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-12-18-uzi_x.htm |title=Israel's army phases out country's iconic Uzi submachine gun |work=[[USA Today]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=18 December 2003 |access-date=6 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204193005/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-12-18-uzi_x.htm |archive-date=4 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was subsequently replaced by the fully automatic [[Micro Tavor]].

In general, the Uzi was a reliable weapon in military service. However, even the Uzi fell victim to extreme conditions of sand and dust. During the Sinai Campaign of the [[Yom Kippur War]], IDF Army units reaching the [[Suez Canal]] reported that of all their small arms, only the 7.62mm [[FN MAG]] machine gun was still in operation.<ref name="TT">{{cite book |last=Long |first=Duncan |title=Terrifying Three: Uzi, Ingram and Intratec Weapons Families |publisher=Paladin Press |year=1989 |pages=25–31 |location=Boulder, Colo. |isbn=978-0-87364-523-2 |oclc=21678853}}</ref>

The Uzi proved especially useful for [[mechanized infantry]] needing a compact weapon and for infantry units clearing [[bunker]]s and other confined spaces. However, its limited range and accuracy in automatic fire (approximately {{convert|50|m|abbr=on}}) could be disconcerting when encountering enemy forces armed with longer-range small arms, and heavier support weapons could not always substitute for a longer-ranged individual weapon. These failings eventually caused the phasing out of the Uzi from IDF front-line assault units.<ref name="submachine2003" />

The Uzi has been used in various conflicts outside Israel and the Middle East during the 1960s and 1970s. Quantities of 9&nbsp;mm Uzi submachine guns were used by Portuguese cavalry, police, and security forces during the [[Portuguese Colonial Wars]] in Africa.<ref name="KD" />

== Worldwide sales ==
[[File:Reagan assassination attempt 4 crop.jpg|thumb|right|Secret Service agents cover [[James Brady|Press Secretary James Brady]] and police officer [[Thomas Delahanty]] during the [[Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan|assassination attempt]] of [[Ronald Reagan|President Ronald Reagan]] by [[John Hinckley Jr.]] on March 30, 1981. Secret Service agent Robert Wanko unfolds the stock of an Uzi in case of further attack.]]
Total sales of the weapon to date (end of 2001) has netted IMI over 2 billion US dollars, with over 90 countries using the weapons either for their armed forces or in law enforcement.<ref name="FF"/>
* The [[Royal Netherlands Army]] first issued the Uzi in 1956. It was the first country other than Israel to use it as a service weapon. Their models are distinct in that they have a wooden stock (made to their specifications) that is more angular, an angled butt and a curved comb, and is 2 inches longer than the IDF model. The wooden stock versions were mainly used by the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] and the [[Netherlands Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. The Army and [[Royal Netherlands Air Force|Airforce]] received the metal foldable stock versions as replacement. No bayonets were issued.
* The German [[Bundeswehr]] (especially its tank crews) used the Uzi since 1959 under the designation MP2. It replaced the [[Beretta Model 38|MP1 (Beretta M1938/49)]] and [[Thompson M1]] in service. The MP2 was fitted with the IDF-style wooden stock and the later MP2A1 was fitted with the metal folding stock. It can be recognized by its distinctive three-position "DES" selector switch: "D" for "''Dauerfeuer''" ("continuous-fire", or "automatic"), "E" for "''Einzelfeuer''" ("single-fire", or "semi-automatic"), and "S" for "''Sicher''" ("secure", or "safe"). It was replaced with the [[Heckler & Koch MP7]] Personal Defense Weapon in 2007.
* The [[Belgian Armed Forces]] have used Uzi machine pistols in 9mm, [[.45 ACP]] and [[22 Long Rifle|22LR]] calibres, license-made by [[FN Herstal]] from 1958 to 1971. They were also issued to the paramilitary [[Gendarmerie (Belgium)|Gendarmerie]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Uzi 9 mm|url=http://www.mil.be/fr/materiel/uzi-9-mm|website=La Défense|publisher=Ministère de la Défense|access-date=9 March 2017|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312035655/http://www.mil.be/fr/materiel/uzi-9-mm|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The Irish [[Garda Síochána|Gardaí]] [[Emergency Response Unit (Garda)|ERU]] and [[Regional Support Unit|RSU]] were issued the Uzi from the 1970s to 2012. It was replaced with the [[Heckler & Koch MP7]] in March 2014.<ref>[http://www.thejournal.ie/gardai-guns-840169-Mar2013/ "Gardaí feel like ‘sitting ducks’ after decision to withdraw Uzi submachine guns"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414205606/http://www.thejournal.ie/gardai-guns-840169-Mar2013/ |date=2016-04-14 }}, TheJournal.ie, March 23, 2015</ref>
* In [[Rhodesia]], the Uzi was produced under license from 1976 until the fall of Rhodesia in 1980. It was made from Israeli-supplied (and later Rhodesian-made) components.
* [[Sri Lanka]] ordered a few thousand Mini Uzi and Uzi carbines in 1990s. Currently those are deployed with the [[Sri Lanka Army]], [[Sri Lanka Navy]] Elite Forces, and the [[Sri Lanka Police]] [[Special Task Force (Sri Lanka)|Special Task Force]] as their primary weapon when providing security for [[Very Important Person|VIP]]s.
* The [[United States Secret Service]] used the Uzi as their standard submachine gun from the 1960s until the early 1990s, when it was phased out and replaced with the [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] and [[FN P90]]. When [[Reagan assassination attempt|President Ronald Reagan was shot on March 30, 1981]], Secret Service Special Agent Robert Wanko pulled an Uzi out of a briefcase and covered the rear of the presidential limousine as it sped to safety with the wounded president inside.<ref name="FF"/>
* All [[merchant mariner]]s of [[Zim Integrated Shipping Services|the Zim Integrated Shipping line]] are trained in the use of, and issued, the Uzi.<ref>{{cite web
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 |title       = Mariners need to be able to defend themselves against pirates
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== Military variants ==
The standard Uzi has a {{convert|10|in|mm|adj=on}} barrel. It has a rate of automatic fire of 600 rounds per minute (rpm) when chambered in [[9mm Parabellum]]; the [[.45 ACP]] model's rate of fire is slower at 500 rpm.<ref name="KD"/>

[[Image:Uzi 2.jpg|thumb|A Mini Uzi]]

The '''Mini Uzi''' is a smaller version of the regular Uzi, first introduced in 1980. The Mini Uzi is {{convert|600|mm|in|abbr=on}} long or {{convert|360|mm|in|abbr=on}} long with the stock folded. Its barrel length is {{convert|197|mm|in|abbr=on}}, its muzzle velocity is {{convert|375|m/s|abbr=on}} and its effective range is {{convert|100|m|abbr=on}}. It has a greater automatic rate of fire of 950 rounds per minute due to the shorter bolt. Its weight is approximately {{convert|2.7|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref name="KD"/>

[[File:COIM in Ancon 2010-07-19.JPG|thumb|left|Argentine special forces with a Micro Uzi]]

The '''Micro Uzi''' is an even further scaled down version of the Uzi, introduced in 1986. The Micro Uzi is {{convert|486|mm|in|abbr=on}} long, reduced to {{convert|282|mm|in|abbr=on}} with the stock folded, and its barrel length is {{convert|117|mm|in|abbr=on}}. It has a closed bolt compared to its original counterpart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://georgians.weapon.ge/index.php?sel=1&id=348&l=en |title=IMI Micro-UZI (Israel) |website=WEAPON.GE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721030240/http://georgians.weapon.ge/index.php?sel=1&id=348&l=en |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead}} Weapon.GE, retrieved on February 01, 2011.</ref> Its muzzle velocity is {{convert|350|m/s|abbr=on}} and its cyclic rate of fire is 1,200 rpm. It weighs slightly over {{convert|1.5|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref name="KD"/>

[[File:IWI UZI.jpg|thumb|Uzi Pro]]

The '''Uzi Pro''', an improved variant of the Micro Uzi, was launched in 2010 by [[Israel Weapon Industries|Israel Weapon Industries Ltd.]] (I.W.I.), formerly the ''magen'' ("small arms") division of [[Israel Military Industries]]. The Uzi Pro is a blowback-operated, select-fire, closed-bolt submachine gun with a large lower portion, comprising grip and handguard, entirely made of polymer to reduce weight; the grip section was redesigned to allow two-handed operation and facilitate control in full-automatic fire of such a small-sized firearm. The Uzi Pro features four [[Picatinny rail]]s, two at the sides of the barrel, which can be removed, one below the barrel for the addition of foregrips and one on the top for optics. The under barrel rail is often shown with a specialised foregrip which attaches to the pistol grip to form a hand guard. In addition, the cocking handle has been moved to the left side.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.israel-weapon.com/default.asp?catid={89B2D388-821D-424D-B8AB-CB619D165202} |title=UZI Pro |publisher=Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) Ltd |access-date=6 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124224307/http://www.israel-weapon.com/default.asp?catid=%7B89B2D388-821D-424D-B8AB-CB619D165202%7D |archive-date=24 November 2010 }}</ref> The new weapon weighs {{convert|2.32|kg|abbr=on}} and has a length of {{convert|529|mm|in|abbr=on}} with an extended stock,<ref name=jpostProDec11>{{cite news | url=http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=248117 | title=New version of legendary Uzi unveiled | first=Yaakov | last=Katz | publisher=[[JPost]].com | date=5 December 2011 | access-date=6 December 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206042650/http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=248117 | archive-date=6 December 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref> and {{convert|300|mm|in|abbr=on}} while collapsed. As of 2011 it has been purchased by the IDF in limited numbers for evaluation and it is yet to be decided whether or not to order additional units for all of its special forces.<ref name=jpostProDec11 /><ref name="bamahane3109-13">{{cite magazine |title=Uzi 2012 |magazine=[[Bamahane]] |issue= 3109 |date=November 25, 2011 |page=13 |language=he}}</ref>

== Civilian variants ==
===Uzi carbine===
The Uzi carbine is similar in appearance to the Uzi submachine gun. The Uzi [[carbine]] is fitted with a {{convert|400|mm|in|adj=on}} barrel, to meet the minimum rifle barrel length [[National Firearms Act|requirement]] for civilian sales in the United States. A small number of Uzi carbines were produced with the standard length barrel for special markets. It fires from a closed-bolt position in semi-automatic mode only and uses a floating firing pin as opposed to a fixed firing pin.<ref name="TT"/> The FS-style selector switch has two positions (the automatic setting was blocked): "F" for "fire" (semi-auto) and "S" for "safe". Uzi carbines are available in .22 LR, 9mm, .41 AE, and .45 ACP calibers.

The Uzi carbine has two main variants, the Model A (imported from 1980 to 1983) and the Model B (imported from 1983 until 1989). The Type A was the same as the fully automatic Uzi, while the Type B had a firing pin safety and improved sights and sling swivels. These two variants were imported and distributed by Action Arms.<ref name="TT"/>

The American firm Group Industries made limited numbers of a copy of the Uzi "B" model semiauto carbine for sale in the US along with copies of the Uzi submachine gun for the U.S. collectors' market. After registering several hundred submachine guns transferable to the general public through a special government-regulated process, production was halted due to financial troubles at the company. Company assets (including partially made Uzi submachine guns, parts, and tooling) were purchased by an investment group later to become known as Vektor Arms. Vektor Arms built and marketed numerous versions of the Uzi carbine and the Mini Uzi.<ref>{{cite book | last = Peterson | first =  Phillip  | title = Gun Digest Buyer's Guide to Tactical Rifles | publisher =  Gun Digest Books| year = 2010| location =Iola, WI | pages =180–181 | isbn = 978-1-4402-1446-2  }}</ref> As of 2024, average prices can be over $25,000.00 USD.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2024 |title=September 2024 Report: 19 Most Expensive Items Sold on GunBroker by Total Dollars {{!}} Auction or Fixed-Price |url=https://www.gunbroker.com/c/article/19-most-expensive-guns-sold-on-gunbroker-september-2024/ |website=GunBroker}}</ref>

Today, while the civilian manufacture, sale and possession of post-1986 select-fire Uzi and its variants is prohibited in the United States, it is still legal to sell templates, tooling and manuals to complete such conversion. These items are typically marketed as being "post-sample" materials for use by federal firearm licensees for manufacturing/distributing select-fire variants of the Uzi to law enforcement, military and overseas customers.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fullautoguns.com | title = Select-Fire (Fully Automatic) conversion information | access-date = 2019-06-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150620123116/http://www.fullautoguns.com/ | archive-date = 2015-06-20 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Mini Uzi carbine===
The '''Mini Uzi carbine''' is similar in appearance to the Mini Uzi machine pistol. The Mini Uzi carbine is fitted with a {{convert|500|mm|in|adj=on}} barrel, to meet the minimum rifle overall length requirement for civilian sales in the United States. It fires from a closed-bolt position in semi-automatic mode only.<ref name="TT"/>

===Uzi pistol===
[[File:Uzimicro.jpg|thumb|An Uzi pistol with a 20-round magazine]]
The '''Uzi pistol''' is a [[semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]], closed bolt, and blowback-operated pistol variant. Its muzzle velocity is 345&nbsp;m/s. It is a Micro Uzi with no shoulder stock or full-automatic firing capability. The intended users of the pistol are various security agencies in need of a high-capacity semi-automatic pistol, or civilian shooters who want a gun with those qualities and the familiarity of the Uzi style. It was introduced in 1984 and produced until 1993.<ref name="KD"/>

===Uzi Pro pistol===
The Uzi Pro pistol is a current version of the Uzi pistol. It has rails on the top and bottom, and there is an optional stabilizing brace. Unlike any other Uzi variant, the Uzi Pro pistol has a side charging handle, rather than a top charging handle, and has a three-stage safety. There are three safeties on the Uzi Pro pistol: a thumb safety, a grip safety, and a firing pin block. This model was intended for law enforcement and civilian use, due to the compact size, rails, and a semi-automatic rate of fire. Unlike other Uzi variants, the Uzi Pro pistol is only chambered for 9×19 Parabellum.

==Copies==
===AG Strojnica ERO===
[[File:Strojnica ERO.jpg|thumb|left|Strojnica ERO]]
The ''[[Arma Grupa]]'' Strojnica ERO (Arms Group "ERO machine-gun") was a Croatian Uzi clone made locally by ''Arma Grupa'' of Zagreb during the Yugoslav War. It was made entirely from steel stampings, causing it to weigh more ({{convert|3.73|kg|abbr=on}}).<ref>Fowler, Will; North, Anthony; Stronge, Charles; and Sweeney, Patrick. ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of GUNS'' (New York: Metro Books, 2013), p.242.</ref> The only difference from the Uzi is the selector switch, which is marked "R" (''Rafalno'' {"burst"}, for full automatic fire), "P" (''Pojedinačno'', for single shot) and "Z" (''Zaključan'' {locked}, for safe) and its [[rate of fire]] is 650 rounds per minute. It uses the 32-round magazine as standard, but can use any 9mm Uzi-interface magazine of 25 rounds or larger.

The Strojnica Mini ERO is a clone of the Micro Uzi; it differs in that it had a heavy-gauge folding wire stock like the [[Škorpion|Skorpion Machine Pistol]]. It weighs {{convert|2.2|kg|lb}} unloaded and is {{convert|545.5|mm|in}} overall with the folding stock extended and {{convert|250|mm|in}} with the stock folded. It uses the 20-round Mini Uzi magazine.

The EROs were used by the Croatians as early as 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://muzej-policije.gov.hr/zbirke-30/zbirka-oruzja/podzbirka-oruzje-hrvatske-proizvodnje/kratke-strojnice/203|title = Kratke strojnice |trans-title=Short machine guns |language=hr |publisher=Republic of Croatia Ministry of Internal Affairs Police Museum}}</ref>

===BA93 and BA94===
The BA93 and BA94 are Myanmar made clones of the Uzi.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-11/myanmar-army-uses-lethal-force-used-on-protesters-amnesty-finds/13237220 | title='Killing spree': Myanmar's military is using battle tactics, firing live ammunition on protesters | newspaper=ABC News | date=11 March 2021 }}</ref> Production started in [[Myanmar]] after 1991 when an Israeli delegation visited the country and supplied the ''[[Tatmadaw]]'' with Uzis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1154|title=Burmese Small Arms Development|date=26 August 2009 |access-date=2018-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715210629/http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1154|archive-date=2018-07-15|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/reg.burma/archives/200008/msg00005.html|title=Myanmar and Israel develop military|website=www.burmalibrary.org|access-date=2018-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027121643/http://www.burmalibrary.org/reg.burma/archives/200008/msg00005.html|archive-date=2018-10-27|url-status=live}}</ref> It also included the rights to manufacture the Uzi under license.<ref name="BA9394">{{cite web|url=https://kknews.cc/zh-cn/military/nkeo658.html|title=以色列血统的缅甸MA-13冲锋枪|access-date=2018-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130131217/https://kknews.cc/zh-cn/military/nkeo658.html|archive-date=2018-11-30|url-status=live}}</ref>

The BA93 is based on the Uzi, but with a longer barrel and fixed stock.<ref name="KK">{{cite web|url=https://kknews.cc/zh-cn/military/eg84v2z.html|title=缅军最新军演中出现的"海豹"特种部队武器|access-date=2018-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130114728/https://kknews.cc/zh-cn/military/eg84v2z.html|archive-date=2018-11-30|url-status=live}}</ref> It was introduced in 1993.<ref name="BA9394"/> It is commonly seen with Myanmar soldiers and special forces units operating in commando or VIP protection operations.<ref name="BA9394"/>

The BA94 was introduced in 1994.<ref>Asian Military Review - March 2010, Page 15.</ref> Improvements made include moving the charging handle from the top to the left with a shorter barrel.<ref name="BA9394"/> This model is mostly seen with Myanma police forces.<ref name="BA9394"/>

As of 2018, both weapons were renamed MA-13.<ref name="KK"/>

===Socimi Type 821===
{{main|Socimi Type 821}}

===Norinco M320===
[[Norinco]] of China manufactures an unlicensed copy of the Uzi Model B that is sold as the M320. Early versions were marked "POLICE Model" in English. Modifications were made to avoid the US Assault Weapon Import Ban: the folding stock was replaced with a wooden [[Stock (firearm)|thumbhole stock]], the barrel nut was welded in place, and the bayonet lug was removed.<ref>Department oF the Treasury Study on the Sporting Suitability oF ModiFied Semiautomatic Assault RiFles (4-98)</ref> The gun had a gray [[parkerized]] finish, a {{convert|410|mm|in}} carbine-length barrel and is {{convert|800|mm|in}} overall.

===TK-K12===
The TK-K12 (or TL-K12) is a Vietnamese clone of the IMI Micro Uzi since 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author=Nguyễn Minh |url=https://www.tienphong.vn/hanh-trang-nguoi-linh/kham-pha-vu-khi-dac-trung-cua-quan-doi-viet-nam-878513.tpo |title=Khám phá vũ khí đặc trưng của quân đội Việt Nam |publisher=Tienphong.vn |date=2020-02-26 |accessdate=2022-03-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404175025/https://tienphong.vn/kham-pha-vu-khi-dac-trung-cua-quan-doi-viet-nam-post792948.tpo|archive-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref>

===Zastava M97===
The Zastava M97 is a Serbian clone of the Mini Uzi.<ref name="TSA">{{cite book| last = Cutshaw| first = Charles Q.| title = Tactical Small Arms Of The 21st Century: A Complete Guide to Small Arms From Around the World| publisher =  Krause Publications | year = 2006| page = 171| location = Iola, Wis.| isbn = 087349914X }}</ref> Two variants consist of the M97 with an {{convert|8|in|abbr=on}} barrel and the M97K with a {{convert|6.5|in|abbr=on}} barrel and no folding stock with a vertical foregrip permanent attached.<ref name="TSA"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oruzjeonline.com/2019/08/11/automati-9x19mm-m97-i-m97k/|title=Automati 9x19mm M97 i M97K (UZI)|date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

===Hamas clone===
From 1993 to 1996, [[Hamas]] manufactured a total of 350 Uzi clones, until its production was dismantled by the [[Palestinian Security Services]]' intelligence unit led by [[Moussa Arafat]].<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-03-18|title=Underground Military Production In Gaza – Part 1|url=https://silahreport.com/2021/03/18/underground-military-production-in-gaza-part-1/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Silah Report|language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404164406/https://silahreport.com/2021/03/18/underground-military-production-in-gaza-part-1/|archive-date= April 4, 2023}}</ref>

== Users ==
[[File:Uzi Users.png|thumb|A map with users of the Uzi in blue]]
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}

=== Africa ===
* {{flag|Algeria}}<ref name= 'bicc'>{{cite web|title=MP UZI|url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/20|website=SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification|author1=Bonn International Center for Conversion|author-link1=Bonn International Center for Conversion|author2=Bundeswehr Verification Center|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831035754/https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/20|archive-date=31 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flag|Angola}}<ref name="jones2009">{{cite book |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009–2010 |editor-last1= Jones |editor-first1=Richard D.  |editor-last2= Ness |editor-first2=Leland S.  |date=27 January 2009 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon, Surry | edition=35th |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5 |page=117 |oclc=268790196 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Botswana}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_botswana|title=Google Sites|website=sites.google.com|access-date=2017-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203850/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_botswana|archive-date=2016-11-24|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Burundi}}: Burundian rebels<ref name ='SAS 2007 6'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2007.html|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2007/en/full/Small-Arms-Survey-2007-Chapter-06-EN.pdf|chapter=Armed Violence in Burundi: Conflict and Post-Conflict Bujumbura|title=The Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2007|author=Small Arms Survey|author-link=Small Arms Survey|page=204|isbn=978-0-521-88039-8|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827001033/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2007.html|archive-date=2018-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Cameroon}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Contre-offensive - Cameroun et Tchad contre Boko Haram|newspaper=[[Paris Match]]|date=18 February 2015|first=Patrick|last=Forestier|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Cameroun-et-Tchad-contre-Boko-Haram-710550|language=fr|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829035212/https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Cameroun-et-Tchad-contre-Boko-Haram-710550|archive-date=29 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A Cameroonian soldier, armed with an Uzi submachine gun, stands guard outside the Palais des Congres|first=Patrick|last=de Noirmont|agency=Reuters|via=stock.adobe.com|date=9 July 1996|url=https://stock.adobe.com/ee/editorial/a-cameroonian-soldier-armed-with-an-uzi-submachine-gun-stands-guard-outside-the-palais-des-congres/146467930|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022073406/https://stock.adobe.com/ee/editorial/a-cameroonian-soldier-armed-with-an-uzi-submachine-gun-stands-guard-outside-the-palais-des-congres/146467930|archive-date=22 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flag|Central African Republic}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Chad}}<ref name="jones2009"/><ref name="diez2000">{{cite book |title=Hand Guns |last=Diez |first=Octavio |year=2000 |publisher=Lema Publications |location=Barcelona |isbn=84-8463-013-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8vcKLkEfcMC |language=ar |oclc=44059526 |access-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916211618/http://books.google.com/books?id=e8vcKLkEfcMC |archive-date=2014-09-16 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Eritrea}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Eswatini}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Ethiopia}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Gabon}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Kenya}}<ref name="jones2009"/><ref name="diez2000"/>
* {{flag|Lesotho}}<ref name="Beyond Blue Helmets">{{cite book|title=Beyond Blue Helmets: Promoting Weapons and Ammunition Management in Non-UN Peace Operations|first=Eric G. |last=Berman|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]/MPOME |date=March 2019|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-MPOME-Report-WAM-Non-UN-Peace-Ops.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603103636/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-MPOME-Report-WAM-Non-UN-Peace-Ops.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2019|page=43}}</ref>
*{{flag|Liberia}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Niger}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Nigeria}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Rwanda}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Sierra Leone}}: Croatian made Ero and Mini-Ero in use.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Infantry Weapons: Sierra Leone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203938/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_sierraleone|archive-date=24 November 2016|url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_sierraleone|date=2013}}{{self-published source|date=January 2019}}</ref>
*{{flag|Somalia}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|South Africa}}:<ref name="diez2000"/> Manufactured under license.<ref name= 'bicc'/>
*{{flag|Sudan}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Togo}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Uganda}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Zimbabwe}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
**{{flag|Rhodesia}}: Former user, manufactured under license.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.military-today.com/firearms/uzi.htm |title=IMI Uzi - Submachine gun |quote=It was license-produced in ... Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). |publisher=ARG |access-date=2011-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510155823if_/http://www.military-today.com/firearms/uzi.htm |archive-date=2012-05-10 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

=== Asia ===
*{{flag|Azerbaijan}}<ref name= 'bicc'/>
*{{KHM}}<ref name= 'bicc'/>
*{{flag|India}}: Uzi was used by the [[Special Protection Group]] until 2008, when it was replaced with the [[FN P90]]. Micro Uzi variants are still used by [[Para SF]] of the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/13607/INDIASCOPE/If+looks+could+kill.html |title=If Looks Could Kill |author=Unnithan, Sandeep |date=August 22, 2008 |publisher=India Today (Online) |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212220755/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/13607/INDIASCOPE/If+looks+could+kill.html |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Indonesia}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{IRQ}}<ref name= 'bicc'/>
*{{flag|Iran}}<ref name="miller2001"/>
*{{flag|Israel}}: Uzi and Mini Uzi variants.<ref name="jones2009"/> Mini Uzi variant was used by the [[YAMAM]] elite unit and [[Shin Bet]].<ref name="meyr1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/security/law_enforcement/news/ipi/ipi0312.shtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080301103639/http://www.janes.com/security/law_enforcement/news/ipi/ipi0312.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 March 2008 |title=Special Weapons for Counter-terrorist Units |author=Meyr, Eitan |date=6 January 1999 |publisher=Jane's&nbsp;— Law Enforcement |access-date=2009-09-26 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Myanmar}}: Locally produced under model number BA93 (wooden stock) and BA94 with, used mainly by Myanmar Police Force and Special Operation Task Force.<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Philippines}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|South Korea}}: Issued to special forces in the 1970s. Later replaced by the [[Daewoo Precision Industries K1|Daewoo K1]]<ref>{{Cite journal |volume=9 |issue=5 |title=The Evolution of K1/K2 Families in the ROK Military |journal=Small Arms Defense Journal |url=https://sadefensejournal.com/the-evolution-of-k1k2-families-in-the-rok-military/ |date=2023-02-24 |access-date=2022-10-11 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*{{flag|Sri Lanka}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Syria}}: limited usage <ref name="MF"/><ref name= 'bicc'/>
*{{flag|Taiwan}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Thailand}}<ref name="miller2001"/><ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Vietnam}}<ref name= 'bicc'/> - People's Army news (Báo Quân đội nhân dân) informed that Technical Department of Special Operation Command (Sapper) had a project to design and manufacture calibration device for MARS attached on Micro Uzi.<ref>[http://www.qdnd.vn/qdndsite/vi-VN/61/43/4/38/38/178422/Default.aspx Improvement, Modernization and Development for Special Operation Weapons (Cải tiến, hiện đại hóa, phát triển vũ khí đặc công, in Vietnamese)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308194855/http://www.qdnd.vn/qdndsite/vi-VN/61/43/4/38/38/178422/Default.aspx |date=2012-03-08 }}</ref>

=== Europe ===
*{{flag|Belgium}}: Made under license by [[FN Herstal]].<ref name="miller2001"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mil.be/armycomp/subject/index.asp?LAN=nl&FILE=&ID=1680&MENU=2190&PAGE=1 |title=UZI |work=www.mil.be |publisher=[[Belgian Armed Forces|Belgische Defensie]] |language=nl |access-date=7 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307124522/http://www.mil.be/armycomp/subject/index.asp?LAN=nl&FILE=&ID=1680&MENU=2190&PAGE=1 |archive-date=7 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Croatia}}: Produces unlicensed copies of the Uzi and Micro Uzi called the '''ERO''' and '''Mini ERO''' respectively.<ref name="jones2009"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aalan.hr/Product-Catalogue/tabid/3622/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/11522/categoryId/274/Submachine-Gun-Type-Ero-cal-9x19mm.aspx |title=Submachine Gun Type "Ero" cal. 9x19mm > Alan Agency > Product Catalogue |publisher=Aalan.hr |access-date=2009-10-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001180548/http://www.aalan.hr/Product-Catalogue/tabid/3622/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/11522/categoryId/274/Submachine-Gun-Type-Ero-cal-9x19mm.aspx |archive-date=2009-10-01 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Estonia}}: Uses the Mini Uzi variant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mil.ee/?menu=tehnika1&sisu=uzi |title=Eesti Kaitsevägi&nbsp;— Tehnika&nbsp;— Püstolkuulipilduja Mini UZI |publisher=Mil.ee |access-date=2009-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607051421/http://www.mil.ee/?menu=tehnika1&sisu=uzi |archive-date=2009-06-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|France}}<ref name= 'bicc'/><ref name="MF"/>
*{{flag|Germany}}: Made under license as MP2.<ref name="miller2001"/>
*{{GRC}}<ref name= 'bicc'/>
*{{flag|Ireland}}:<ref name="MF"/> Used by the [[Garda Regional Support Unit]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/commuterbelt-garda-squad-to-carry-new-armourpiercing-submachine-gun-bertie-to-launch-journalists-memoir-widow-of-fianna-fails-neil-blaney-dies-declan-lynch-for-electric-picnic-talk-retirement-group-hosts-alan-stanford-funeral-of-fashion-editors-mother-1873265.html |title=Commuter-belt garda squad to carry new armour-piercing submachine gun |access-date=2010-01-31 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=30 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005072900/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/commuterbelt-garda-squad-to-carry-new-armourpiercing-submachine-gun-bertie-to-launch-journalists-memoir-widow-of-fianna-fails-neil-blaney-dies-declan-lynch-for-electric-picnic-talk-retirement-group-hosts-alan-stanford-funeral-of-fashion-editors-mother-1873265.html |archive-date=5 October 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garda.ie/Documents/User/col_yr_bk_english.pdf |title=Garda College Yearbook listing weapons training on page 66 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124082839/http://www.garda.ie/Documents/User/col_yr_bk_english.pdf |archive-date=2014-01-24 }}</ref> Formerly available in each Garda District HQ to suitably trained plainclothes officers.
*{{flag|Italy}}: The Mini Uzi variant results by official schedules to be in the inventories of the [[Polizia di Stato|Italian National Police]].<ref>[http://www.siulproma.com/pdf/circolari/2009/Circ._Armi_in_uso_alla_Polizia_di_Stato.pdf Italian Ministry of Interior - Decree n° 559/A/1/ORG/DIP.GP/14 of March 6, 2009, concerning weapons and equipments in use with the Italian National Police - in Italian] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716075641/http://www.siulproma.com/pdf/circolari/2009/Circ._Armi_in_uso_alla_Polizia_di_Stato.pdf |date=July 16, 2011 }} Retrieved on August 25, 2010.</ref> A local version called the '''[[Socimi Type 821|Type 821-SMG]]''' was manufactured from 1984 to 1989 by the ''SOCIMI - Società Costruzioni Industriali Milano, S.p.A.'' in [[Milan, Italy|Milan]].
*{{flag|Lithuania}}: [[Lithuanian Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kariuomene.kam.lt/lt/ginkluote_ir_karine_technika/pistoletai-kulkosvaidziai/pistoletas_-_kulkosvaidis_uzi.html |title=Pistoletas - kulkosvaidis UZI |date=11 December 2009 |publisher=LR Krašto apsaugos ministerija |language=lt |access-date=7 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130215013/http://kariuomene.kam.lt/lt/ginkluote_ir_karine_technika/pistoletai-kulkosvaidziai/pistoletas_-_kulkosvaidis_uzi.html |archive-date=30 November 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Luxembourg}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Malta}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Netherlands}}<ref name="miller2001"/><ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Charles C. |editor1-last=Unwin |editor2-first=Mike R. |editor2-last=Vanessa U. |title=20th Century Military Uniforms |year=2002 |edition=2nd |publisher=Grange Books |location=Kent |isbn=1-84013-476-3|page=179}}</ref>
*{{POL}}<ref name= 'bicc'/>
*{{flag|Portugal}}: [[Portuguese Army]].<ref name="jones2009"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exercito.pt/meios/Documents/media_MeiosOp/Armamento/UZI%209mm.pdf |title=PISTOLA METRALHADORA "UZI" 9 MM M/61 |access-date=2011-02-21 |url-status=dead |publisher=Portuguese Army |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809173350/http://www.exercito.pt/meios/Documents/media_MeiosOp/Armamento/UZI%209mm.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-09 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Romania}}: Mini Uzi variant is used by the [[Romanian Military Police|Military Police]].<ref name="Romania">{{cite web| title = Politia Militara| work = Ministerul Apararii Nationale| url = http://www.politia.forter.ro/index.php?pagina=6| access-date = 2010-02-15| url-status=dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160418184446/http://www.politia.forter.ro/index.php?pagina=6| archive-date = 2016-04-18}}</ref>
*{{flag|Serbia}}: Used by the [[Military Police Battalion Cobra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://specijalne-jedinice.com/Srbija/Bataljon-vojne-policije-za-specijalne-namene-Kobre.html|title=Specijalne-jedinice.com - Bataljon vojne policije specijalne namene "Kobre"|website=specijalne-jedinice.com|access-date=2017-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202075410/http://specijalne-jedinice.com/Srbija/Bataljon-vojne-policije-za-specijalne-namene-Kobre.html|archive-date=2017-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flag|Turkey}}<ref name= 'bicc'/>
*{{flag|Ukraine}}<ref name="Ukr War" />

=== North and central America ===
*{{flag|Bermuda}}: Bermuda Regiment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bermudaregiment.bm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171:uzi-sub-machine-gun&catid=48:weaponscat&Itemid=223|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226095657/http://www.bermudaregiment.bm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171:uzi-sub-machine-gun&catid=48:weaponscat&Itemid=223 |archive-date=2014-02-26 |title= Uzi sub-machine gun}}</ref>
*{{CRI}}<ref name= 'bicc'/>
*{{flag|Cuba}}<ref name="Cuba">{{cite book |title=The Secret Fidel Castro: Deconstructing the Symbol |last= Gonzalez |first=Servando |year=2001 |publisher=InteliNet/InteliBooks |location=Oakland, California |isbn=0-9711391-1-3 |page=93 |quote=FN manufactured Uzis were provided in 1960 in an arms shipment aboard [[La Coubre explosion|'La Coubre']]. An example can be seen in the Military Museum at [[Valencia]], with Cuban markings.}}</ref>
*{{flag|Dominican Republic}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|El Salvador}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Guatemala}}<ref name="jones2009"/><ref name="diez2000"/>
*{{flag|Haiti}}: Uzi and Mini Uzi variants used by [[Haitian National Police]].<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Honduras}}: Uzi and Mini Uzi variants.<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Nicaragua}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Panama}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|United States}}:<ref name="TT"/><ref name="MF"/> From 1968 to 1973, the CIA bought 3,000 Uzis for use in Southeast Asia by [[Civilian Irregular Defense Group program|Direct Action operatives]] and Special Forces troops. From the 1960s to 1990s, The US Secret Service's VIP details used a chopped-down model that could be concealed in a briefcase.

=== Oceania ===
*{{flag|Australia}}<ref name="MF"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Blue Army: Paramilitary Policing in Australia |last= McCulloch |first=Jude |year=2001 |publisher=Melbourne University Press |location=Carlton South, Vic. |isbn=0-522-84960-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bluearmyparamili0000mccu/page/66 66] |url=https://archive.org/details/bluearmyparamili0000mccu |url-access=registration |quote=uzi. |access-date=7 January 2011 |oclc=48129650}}</ref>
*{{flag|Fiji}}<ref name=Capie>{{cite book|last=Capie|first=David|title=Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific|date=2004|pages=70–71|publisher=Victoria University Press|location=Wellington|isbn=978-0864734532 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Tonga}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pacificdocs.wordpress.com/latest-features/photography/tongan-navy-march/|title=Tongan Navy March|work=Pacificdocs|date=3 November 2009|access-date=5 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222205831/http://pacificdocs.wordpress.com/latest-features/photography/tongan-navy-march/|archive-date=22 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== South America ===

*{{flag|Argentina}}<ref name= 'bicc'/>
*{{flag|Bolivia}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Brazil}}:<ref name="MF">{{cite book |last1= Cadiou |first1=Yves L. |last2=Richard |first2=Alphonse | title = Modern Firearms |publisher = Routledge & Kegan Paul | year = 1977 |location=London |pages = 86–93| isbn = 978-0-7100-8424-8 }}</ref> Mini Uzi variant.<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Chile}}<ref name="jones2009"/> Carabineros de Chile.
*{{flag|Colombia}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Ecuador}}<ref name="jones2009"/><ref name="diez2000"/>
*{{flag|Paraguay}}<ref name="jones2009"/><ref name="diez2000"/>
*{{flag|Peru}}: Uzi, Mini Uzi, and Micro Uzi variants.<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Suriname}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Uruguay}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Venezuela}}<ref name="miller2001"/><ref name="jones2009"/>
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=== Non-state users ===
* [[File:Provisional Irish Republican Army Badge.svg|20px]] [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]<ref name="PIRA">{{cite web |title=Iris, No. 7 |url=https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/view/382/ |publisher=Sinn Féin |access-date=22 August 2023 |date=1983}}</ref><ref name="PIRA (2)">{{cite web |title=Where did the Adidas Tracksuit Wearing IRA Gunmen Get Their Gear? |url=https://reaperfeed.com/where-did-the-adidas-tracksuit-wearing-ira-gunmen-get-their-gear/ |access-date=22 August 2023 |date=14 September 2020}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Wwwm8173.JPG|An Uzi-armed Israeli on guard duty in the [[Negev]] (1956), note wooden stock
File:IDF parade 1958.jpeg|Israeli paratroopers armed with Uzis in 1958
Image:Imi uzi b22.jpg|An Uzi submachine gun
Image:Uzi silencer.png|Uzi with [[suppressor]]
File:Uzi-p1030098.jpg|An Uzi pistol
File:IMI UZI.JPEG|An Uzi seized during [[Operation Urgent Fury]]
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Israel}}
* [[ASMI]]
* [[Colt 9mm SMG]]
* [[Daewoo Telecom K7]]
* [[FB PM-63]]
* [[List of equipment of the Israel Defense Forces]]
* [[MAC-10]]
* [[Minebea PM-9]]
* [[Modern Sub Machine Carbine]]
* [[MP7]]
* [[PM-84 Glauberyt]]
* [[PP-2000]]
* [[Ruger MP9]]
* [[Sa vz. 23]]
* [[SR-2 Veresk]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="mcnab2011">{{cite book|last=McNab|first=Chris|title=The Uzi Submachine Gun|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXwGPezNkygC&pg=PA20|date=20 Nov 2011|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-84908-543-4}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
{{Commons}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042125/http://www.israel-weapon.com/default.asp?catid=%7Bdf9b961e-1b6b-4dc0-aca9-351c57fabc5b%7D Israel Weapon Industries (IWI): Mini Uzi & Micro Uzi]
* [http://www.uzitalk.com Uzi History, Reference Material, Parts, Discussion Forum]
* [http://www.bimbel.de/artikel/artikel-13.html Uzi in Parts] {{in lang|de}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aax35iZsBU Video of suppressed Uzi being fired]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8zuqr5UFv0 Video of operation] on [[YouTube]] {{in lang|ja}}

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