Summary: https://chtbl.com/track/118312/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkinglead/AKK_S3_EP5_IWI_UZI.mp3<br> <br> <br> On this episode of the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.talkinglead.com/?s=ak+korner" target="_blank">Talking Lead AK Korner </a>we cover everything you want to know about the iconic Israeli submachine gun, the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Uzi" target="_blank">UZI.</a> Lefty's special guest is Tom Alibrando with <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://iwi.us/" target="_blank">Israel Weapons Industries (IWI).</a> Before we get into the world of Major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uziel_Gal">Uziel "Uzi" Gal</a> 's masterful submachine gun we first review the history of the submachine gun. Next we cover the history of the<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://iwi.us/product-category/firearms/uzi-pro/" target="_blank"> UZI </a>and then we get into the differnt models and variants. Finally we answer all the listener questions and talk about some of the other firearms IWI is producing like the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://iwi.us/product/m9orp17/" target="_blank">IWI MASADA 9mm polymer framed striker-fired pistol</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.talkinglead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tom-demo-uzi-pistol.png"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.talkinglead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210510_153725.jpg"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.talkinglead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TLP-396-AKK-UZI-BRIDE.jpg"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> I remember my first real recognition of the UZI. It was 1981, I was 10 years old and the News was filled with coverage of the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ronal+reagan+assanination+attempt&atb=v224-1&page=1&sexp=%7B%22biaexp%22%3A%22b%22%2C%22msvrtexp%22%3A%22b%22%2C%22videxp%22%3A%22a%22%2C%22earlydeep%22%3A%22b%22%7D&iax=images&ia=images" target="_blank">President Ronald Reagan assasination attempt.</a> One of the secret service agents was waving this Battlestar Galactica looking gun around and I was more focused on it than the actual History that was unfolding in front of me. After that, I started noticing the UZI in more and more movies and TV shows. But it was the next year, 1982, when Hasbro dropped the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_A_Real_American_Hero">GI Joe Real American Hero</a> action figure line and it's iconic hero <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.yojoe.com/action/82/snakeeyes.shtml" target="_blank">Snake Eyes with his UZI </a>that my adoration for the UZI and firearms in general really started. The packaging artwork by <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://arealamericanbook.com/2020/04/23/remembering-hector-garrido/" target="_blank">Hector Garrido </a>was so vidid and powerful that it kickstarted a child's imagination and it was off to the races.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.talkinglead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/snakeeyes-uzi-talking-lead-ak-korner.png"></a><br>
