Uzi
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![An Uzi-armed Israeli on guard duty in the Negev (1956). Note wooden stock.](/Images/godic/202502/19/Wwwm81735459.JPG")
![An Israeli soldier with an Uzi during the Yom Kippur War](/Images/godic/202502/19/Soldier_Ismailiya5459.jpg")
![Israeli soldiers on parade with Uzis, Jerusalem, 1968](/Images/godic/202502/19/PikiWiki_Israel_12768_IDF_parade_in_Jerusalem_in_19685459.jpg")
The Uzi (Hebrew:עוזי, officially cased as UZI) pronunciation: /ˈuːzi/ is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns. Smaller variants are considered to be machine pistols. The Uzi was one of the first weapons to use a telescoping bolt design which allows the magazine to be housed in the pistol grip for a shorter weapon.