Honestly I fing UZI to be next-gen Tommy Gun. -Used by military an police forces -yet known better for it's use by street gangs - Got fame mostly thanks to police/gang movies.
One historical picture is missing here: the assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan (March 30, 1981). The secret agent Robert Wanko was photographed pulling a Uzi out of a briefcase in case further attackers would show up. The picture was on all TV, all newspapers, for several days. It is the single historical moment that propelled the Uzi into Hollywood stardom. Before that event, the Uzi was just 'yet-another-exotic-weapon' from around the world. After that, nearly all 80s action movies added it to their arsenal. - One major point regarding the Uzi and its compact size that wasn't really covered: vehicle crew equipment. From tanks to helicopters to mobile artillery to APC, the Uzi allowed all/nearly-all crew members to be equipped with a capable SMG for each, rather than having 1 SMG or assault rifle + small-caliber handguns for the rest of the crew. Also, its small size and moderate recoil didn't just allow actors to dual-wield Uzis in movies, it also allowed soldiers to blind-fire the Uzi at corners when attacking bunkers, an incredibly useful feature for special forces and paratroopers. Finally, the Micro-Uzi had an actual legitimate purpose: bodyguards. They can't just hang around with a visible SMG - but when they're caught in a firefight, only having semi-automatic handguns was very problematic. Since their role is mostly area denial (until more security forces are available or until the client is extracted), the increased rate-of-fire (1200 rpm, as high as a heavy machinegun!) becomes an advantage rather than a problem.
Most of these points are pretty obvious for a modern SMG, Uzi was the first but still. And the video is about the Uzi and perhaps the Micro Uzi part didn't flow well in his script. Can you send a link to that picture with the guard ?
Yes, especially for recoil- and blowback-operated automatic weapons, the less mass that each shot has to accelerate, the greater the cyclic rate of fire.
Minato Namikaze not always, the are multiple factor that can change that. First you have the weight of the bolt, the heavier it is, the slower it will fire, the lighter, the faster the rate of fire. Like the MG42 in the ww2, the lightest bolt could make the mg to fire up to 1200 rounds a minute with a heavier bolt it was firing at around 900 rounds a minute. There is also the strength of the recoil springs. The stronger the spring, the faster the rate of fire and vice versa. There are few other things but i don't remember
Man, I love how Ahoy's videos are so well crafted, compiled, and researched. You can clearly see the amount of effort he puts forth through his fantastic quality videos.
Many celebrate the AK-47's action as the kingpin of simplicity and reliability, the Uzi laughs as it's single moving part chatters back and forth" - paraphrase from I don't remember who 413
100% agree, when you're surrounded by enemy countries and neutral countries that have some enemies in them it only makes sense that you either get good at gunsmithing or get good at dying. Also they make latkes pretty good too!
Uzi: 600 rmp Mini-Uzi: 950 rmp Micro-Uzi: 1200 rmp Mini-gun: 2000 ~ 6000 rmp What this tells us is that the smaller the gun is, the more bullets it can hose out. Because of this, we can expect that several years down the line, the futuristic space marines will not be using plasma/laser rifles or whatnot, they'll be using nano/quark-size guns. This my friends is the pinnacle of human innovation
Can a bullet fit into a quark size gun? No right! Plus the only thing smaller than a quark is elementary particles which is almost impossible to shape into a gun What’s that i hear? Nano weapons? Do you see the size of our fingers? They will either be impossible or be remotely controlled The latter option could also be impossible for it’s small size And if it did happen. It wouldn’t be really practical even in stealth because you will probably loose it.
I also forgot energy is waves, meaning they bounce around everywhere and to make a amount of energy waves that could kill, You would need a ton amount of energy. So i would say the future guns will be small but not nano or atomic size small
I like how Ahoy keeps all the politics aside, keeping the attention to the Uzi - keeping it professional. It is something that not many would happily make a video about.
The mini uzi was my favorite weapon in cod mw2. Suppressed. A terror of fire rate at close range, and three quick bursts are still enough to take out even snipers at any range. And the vertical recoil is so straight, you know those bursts were landing. All while staying off the radar and ready to destroy anyone who dares get close in a torrent of bullets.
Mohamed Alfalo Yeah man, It was way ahead of it's time... The only bad thing was the variation in the bad guys was minimal but graphics, sound, gun models, etc... were equal or even better than even games like Cod4 and Bo1
Dan Nguyen Actually, that's an Ingram MAC-10 and not an Uzi. They look very similar, and are both very famous. Stuart should do his next one on the MAC-10.
"The gun within an arms reach all the time. It shoots, and doesn't ask questions. Who you shoot it with, is your responsibility. If you choose to bear it, that is."
I met Col. Gal years ago, and he disassembled and explained the differences between the Uzi semiauto carbine and the Uzi submachinegun. He was a very nice man. That was many years ago. Today I legally own an Uzi submachinegun. I would not try to fire it one handed. It may be okay for Hollywood movies, but I am afraid it would be too easy to lose control firing real ammunition instead of blanks.
I, like most of us, really love Ahoy's content. However, I think he missed his mark. Perhaps he was pressed for time, but I feel like this was a condensed episode that really compromised its content. For instance, he mentions several times the Uzi grew in the public consciousness due to Hollywood. What films? When? What was the first game to make use of the weapon? Was it Shadow Warrior (1997), since that footage is the earliest featured in the video? He doesn't mention it. It is still used by the Israeli defence force? Did the smaller, future versions he mentioned supplant it? Are any versions of it still in use by the Israelis? What replaced it? In which conflicts did it play a part after the Arab-Israeli war? Were any particular groups known to make use it of? He misses a lot of detail I think. I hope he goes into greater detail again with future videos. His AK, Akimbo, and M16 videos were in-depth and fascinating, and I hope he continues with that level of quality.
he goes into detail about the plethora of uses it had/has, and mentions it has been used by people after the war. otherwise, that is true. nice to see someone use valid criticism.
It would turn from choppy to blurry. to upscale, you would have to blur frames into each other, just like downscaling, where you blur the frameskips in, instead. This is probably why youtube videos look bad.
Also...why would criticizing a weapon made by a country be anti-Semitic? All I was going to say is that the USA spends $3.7 Billion in taxes a year on Israeli weapons that could be used for schools, roads, bridges, etc. Stop giving money to Israel and their human rights violations.
and REAL anti-Semetism should be punished and shamed. But saying an Israeli weapon is bad or that Israel commits human rights violations to Palestinians is NOT anti-semitism.
I've heard people presenting arguments to video game terrorists and other guerilla foes having Uzis as improbable since automatic ones are apparently costly and hard to acquire these days. Is there any truth to that?
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***** Google is your friend. Weapons are as cheap as dirt in the middle east. And ISIS has millions from all the hostages the countries paid for, so they will have post-USSR gear.
In Anerica, any *legal* fully-automatic weapon is obscenely expensive. There is a very limited number in private hands, bht no shortage of people who want to own. This low supply+high demand means that *legal* machine guns will cost you tens of thousands of dollars. If you dont really care about laws, as a terrorist wouldn't, you could likely acquire them for under $2000. Or if you are mechanically inclined, you can go online and find instruction to turn many firearms into full-auto machine guns.
leonardo tavares dardenne YES DUDE AND YOU WILL WAKE UP WITH A CHICKEN HEAD PAINTED ON A HORSE HEAD NEXT TO YOU TOMORROW! MUHAHAHAHA! Btw probably because i write in a distinctively angry tone with a uniwue and long name and we are both interested in gunzzzzzz.
What this doesn't tell you is that racking the slide (on the military version) is fucking painful. I'm guessing the civilian versions got some design upgrades, but my left hand hates the damn thing.
In the US, secret service carried these things around in briefcases and put them in car doors for years. in fact in the reagan attempt you can see one being whipped out of a briefcase.
