PhildoD wrote:
Whitestriped63 wrote:
I didn't hijack this post I'm just one of the 'extras' that stand at the back of plane with an oozie (spelling?) looking mean.
IMI Uzi. Israeli Military Industries Uzi. Also comes in MicroUzi, and MiniUzi. Usually in 9mm Parabellum form

Look like theyre cheap crap, but are anything but cheap.
H&K MP5's are a much better weapon, IMHO.
Uzi is named after the designer Uziel Gal. It was designed to be cheap and easy to make and use coz the Israelis needed to arm their forces fast (they had like 3 wars in the next 10 years). It became so popular coz its simple ideas that worked really well creating a very robust and reliable weapon. The gun is made around the world (mostly without a licence) in china, croatia etc so that makes it cheaper to buy (in fact your photo of a boyonet uzi might be of a croatian made gun).
Its not really right to compare the MP5 and the Uzi. One is a 50's design fabricated from heavy metal pressings and some plastics working on a simple blowback principle. It was mostly designed for frontline troop usage. The MP5 on the other hand is a G3 based 1980's design using an advanced roller-delayed blowback principle, made from light metal stampings and large ammount of plastics with interchangeable sub-group sections (so you can quickly swap the trigger\sights group etc). Its designed for special forces, police etc.