Ultrasound - a submachine gun created by the sons of Israel, which conquered the hearts of many real men over time, today is the ideal melee weapon in its class.
As it was rightly pointed out, ultrasound is not only a routine medical diagnosis, but also something that will lead you to fatal lead poisoning.
The history of one submachine gun begins in the middle of the 20th century, immediately after the acquisition of freedom and independence of the State of Israel. That with which the Israelis gained freedom, a weapon can only be called approximately.
After acquiring its Statehood, the main institutions of power were created. The created Israeli army urgently needed a standard military weapon of its own production.
At the end of 1949, the birth of the "Uzi" submachine gun took place. The joint commission of the high command of the Israeli army and the leaders of the company engaged in the production of weapons "Israel Military Industries" proposed the Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Armed Forces, factories. The commission undertook to consider any options for samples of this type of weapon, and will select a sample of a submachine gun that will meet the mandatory requirements:
- PP caliber must correspond to a standard cartridge and be 9 mm;
- the rate of fire of the submachine gun must not be less than the generally accepted for the machine gun and be at least 500 rounds per minute;
- the weight of the PP should not exceed the weight of similar models from other countries and should not be more than 3.5 kilograms;
- transfer of fire from single mode to automatic should be simplified as much as possible;
- The effectiveness of the PP must comply with the standard for automatic weapons "100 meters - single mode, 50 meters - automatic mode".
During the competition, two samples of a submachine gun were selected - designs by Major Khaim Kara and Lieutenant Uziel Gal. Both samples had a new free shutter at the time, known as the "coasting circuit". Before the creation of the PP "UZI", such a scheme was widely used only in the Czechoslovakian submachine gun "Samopal", the designer of which was Vaclav Holeka.
A sample of the submachine gun of Major Khaim Kara, was implemented on the traditional layout, the store was inserted into the weapon in front of the handle with the trigger. In field trials, the submachine gun proved to be quite worthy, but it could not stand the test of the desert itself and very quickly filled with sand dust and constantly required cleaning, besides, the price of its production would be expensive due to low design technology.
Field tests of the sample presented by Lieutenant Uziel Ghal were more successful. The sample was cheaper to manufacture, more reliable and stronger, and the design itself was simpler. Steel parts in it were made with just one stamping blow.
You can literally disassemble and assemble a submachine gun for cleaning by weight, there are only five collapsible parts.
PP "UZI" has one interesting design detail - a device for opening bottles is located above the barrel.
It is still unclear whether the sample of PP "UZI" was Uriel Galya's own development or it was a creative work to improve the ideas of the Czechoslovakian Vaclav Holek.
The name "UZI" was the own idea of the Chief of General Staff Ygal Yadin, although Lieutenant Uziel Gal himself was against such a decision, motivating him by the fact that it was not accepted to call the weapon by his own name, but the Chief of the General Staff managed to insist on his own, and said that "UZI" in translation from Hebrew "My strength" is the best fit for a submachine gun. This is how the submachine gun got its name, the name of which is known all over the world today.
Prototypes of domestic production began to be produced in 1951, mass production of PP "UZI" was started in 1953, and already in 1955 it was adopted by the Israeli army. The very first troops that received the PP "Uzi" were assault airborne units.
The first use of a submachine gun in an armed conflict took place in 1955 - a military operation was carried out by Israeli special forces against the Egyptian police forces in Gaza. But PP "UZI" acquired world fame in 1956, after the operation "Kadesh". Around that time, the Armed Forces of the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany adopted the Uzi submachine gun.
The newest evolution of the PP "UZI", due to the excellent and proven technological solutions, went towards the miniaturization of weapons. After the departure of the weapons developer Uziel Galya to the USA, the designer of the assault rifle, Israel Galili, took over the "UZI". This is how the PP "UZI" received a closed bolt of greater complexity, although in general it complicated the submachine gun, but it acquired increased firing accuracy and reduced wear on the bolt mechanism.
Variety of application of the design of PP "ultrasound":
- PP "Mini-ultrasound", the beginning of production in 1982;
- PP "Micro-ultrasound", the beginning of production in 1983;
- "Uzi-pistol", the beginning of production in 1984, there are versions for the civilian population - "Uzi-carbine" is used mainly by the US population;
- in southern Africa, a modified PP "UZi" is produced, a completely enlarged and imperceptibly modified design - "MAG 7".
The own "Vikings", "Ingrams" and "Uziaki" produced in the USA were created under the glory of the PP "Uzi", and in general, there are a great variety of various modifications and fakes of the world-famous submachine gun and, it seems, no one counted them.
The ordinary infantry "Uzi" itself was discontinued in 2002, but this does not make it less popular in the world.
Main characteristics of PP "Ultrasound":
- loaded PP weight - 4 kg;
- weight without magazine - 3.5 kg;
- length with butt -650 mm, without butt - 470 mm;
- used cartridge - 9mm "Parabellum" standard;
- Rate of fire - 600 rounds per minute;
- aiming range - up to 250 meters;
- ammunition - magazine with 25-32-40-64 cartridges, drum magazines with cartridges.
