TLP 396 - AK KORNER S3 EP5: Submachine Guns The UZI

On this episode of the Talking Lead AK Korner we cover everything you want to know about the iconic Israeli submachine gun, the UZI. Lefty’s special guest is Tom Alibrando with Israel Weapons Industries (IWI). Before we get into the world of Major Uziel “Uzi” Gal ‘s masterful submachine gun we first review the history of the submachine gun. Next we cover the history of the UZI and then we get into the differnt models and variants. Finally we answer all the listener questions and talk about some of the other firearms IWI is producing like the IWI MASADA 9mm polymer framed striker-fired pistol

I remember my first real recognition of the UZI. It was 1981, I was 10 years old and the News was filled with coverage of the President Ronald Reagan assasination attempt. One of the secret service agents was waving this Battlestar Galactica looking gun around and I was more focused on it than the actual History that was unfolding in front of me. After that, I started noticing the UZI in more and more movies and TV shows. But it was the next year, 1982, when Hasbro dropped the GI Joe Real American Hero action figure line and it’s iconic hero Snake Eyes with his UZI that my adoration for the UZI and firearms in general really started. The packaging artwork by Hector Garrido was so vidid and powerful that it kickstarted a child’s imagination and it was off to the races.