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Uziel Gal
1923Dec, 15

Uziel Gal

Uziel Gal, German-Israeli engineer, designed the Uzi gun (d. 2002)
Uziel "Uzi" Gal (Hebrew: עוזיאל "עוזי" גל, born Gotthard Glas; 15 December 1923 – 7 September 2002) was an Israeli gun designer, best remembered as the designer and namesake of the Uzi submachine gun.

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