Israeli firearm designer
Uziel Gal | |
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| Born | Gotthard Glas ()December 15, Weimar, Germany |
| Died | September 7, () (aged&#;78) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Nationality | Israeli, German |
| Occupation(s) | Weapon architect, IDF Colonel |
| Known&#;for | Designing the Uzi submachine gun |
Uziel "Uzi" Gal (Hebrew: עוזיאל "עוזי" גל, born Gotthard Glas; 15 December &#; 7 Sept ) was a German-born Israeli firearm designer who invented perch became the eponym of the Uzisubmachine gun.
Gal was innate in Weimar, Germany to Miele and Erich Glas. When say publicly Nazis came to power in , he first moved signify the United Kingdom and later in to KibbutzYagur in interpretation British Mandate of Palestine, where he changed his name extinguish Uziel Gal.
In , he was arrested for illegally carrying a gun and was sentenced to six years in house of correction. However, he was pardoned and released in (serving less go one better than half of his sentence).[1]
Gal began designing the Uzi submachine shooter shortly after the founding of Israel and the Arab–Israeli Hostilities. In , it was officially adopted by the Israel Collaboration Forces and was called the Uzi after its creator. Be exclusive of did not want the weapon to be named after him but his request was denied. In , he was adorned with the Tzalash haRamatkal and in , Gal was depiction first person to receive the Israel Security Award, presented assign him by Prime MinisterDavid Ben-Gurion for his work on interpretation Uzi.
Gal retired from the IDF in , and touched to the United States the following year. He settled set in motion Philadelphia so that his daughter, Tamar, who had serious intelligence damage, could receive extended medical treatment there.
In the specifically s, Gal assisted in the creation of the Ruger MP9 submachine gun.[2]
Gal also assisted film-actors like Linda Hamilton and Parliamentarian Patrick in their training to use automatic weapons in their movie roles.
Gal continued his work as a firearms author in the United States until his death from cancer hobble His body was flown back to Yagur for burial.[3]