Uziel Gal

Uziel Gal
Gal in 1953
Born
Gotthard Glas

(1923-12-15)December 15, 1923
Weimar, Germany
DiedSeptember 7, 2002(2002-09-07) (aged 78)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
NationalityIsraeli, German
Occupation(s)Weapon designer, IDF Colonel
Known forDesigning the Uzi submachine gun

Uziel "Uzi" Gal (Hebrew: עוזיאל "עוזי" גל, born Gotthard Glas; 15 December 1923 – 7 September 2002) was a German-born Israeli firearm designer who invented and became the eponym of the Uzi submachine gun.

Biography

Gal was born in Weimar, Germany to Miele and Erich Glas. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, he first moved to the United Kingdom and later in 1936 to Kibbutz Yagur in the British Mandate of Palestine, where he changed his name to Uziel Gal.

In 1943, he was arrested for illegally carrying a gun and was sentenced to six years in prison. However, he was pardoned and released in 1946 (serving less than half of his sentence).[1]

Gal began designing the Uzi submachine gun shortly after the founding of Israel and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In 1951, it was officially adopted by the Israel Defense Forces and was called the Uzi after its creator. Gal did not want the weapon to be named after him but his request was denied. In 1955, he was decorated with the Tzalash haRamatkal and in 1958, Gal was the first person to receive the Israel Security Award, presented to him by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion for his work on the Uzi.

Gal retired from the IDF in 1975, and moved to the United States the following year. He settled in Philadelphia so that his daughter, Tamar, who had serious brain damage, could receive extended medical treatment there.

In the early 1980s, Gal assisted in the creation of the Ruger MP9 submachine gun.[2]

Gal also assisted film-actors like Linda Hamilton and Robert Patrick in their training to use automatic weapons in their movie roles.

Gal continued his work as a firearms designer in the United States until his death from cancer in 2002. His body was flown back to Yagur for burial.[3]

References

  1. ^ Yenne, Bill (2009). Tommy Gun: How General Thompson's Submachine Gun wrote History. Macmillan. p. 263. ISBN 9780312383268.
  2. ^ "Sturm Ruger MP-9 9 mm sub-machine gun (United States), Sub-machine guns". Jane's Information Group. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  3. ^ "Inventor of Uzi gun dies". BBC. 9 September 2002. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

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