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2002: The Man Who Brought Us the Uzi Dies

Uziel Gal was born to a German WWI pilot with a love for arms. The result would be the world's most recognizable submachine gun.

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On September 7, 2002, Col. Uzi Gal, designer of what may be world’s most recognizable Israeli product – the Uzi submachine gun – died, at age 78.

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