Mekanika Uru

Mekanika Uru
Type	Submachine gun
Place of origin	Brazil
Service history
Used by	Brazil [1]
Production history
Designed	1977
Manufacturer	Mekanika Industria e Commercio Ltd
Specifications
Weight	3 kg
Length	671 mm
Barrel length	175 mm
Cartridge	9x19mm Parabellum, .38 ACP
Caliber	9mm
Action	Blowback-operated, Open bolt
Rate of fire	750 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	390 m/s
Feed system	30 round detachable box magazine
Sights	Iron

The Uru is a submachine gun made by the production firm Mekanika in 1977 for the Brazilian Army and Police Forces. License for weapons in 1988, bought the branch of FAU, which modernized the tommy-gun in model 2. SACO Defense of the US manufactured the Uru as the Model 683 for countries without an industrial basis but were sued for copyright violations.

The overall weapon has a cylindrical body. It made the front of the air vents for cooling trunk. A tubular casing in a shop, serving also as the front handle, trigger and pistol grip. There is also a safety/selector switch, which can be translated into two points: first - for self-shooting, second - for the automatic. The barrel may be fitted with a silencer. There are several versions of weapons: pistol-machine gun under the bullet and the 38 ACP rifle with a wooden butt th of 9 mm bullets parabellum and the 38 ACP^[2].

References

1. ^ Gander, Terry J.; Hogg, Ian V. Jane's Infantry Weapons 1995/1996. Jane's Information Group; 21 edition (May 1995). ISBN 978-0710612410.
2. ^ http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg140-e.htm

External links

• Описание пистолета-пулемёта «Уру 2» на www.fire-arms.ru
• http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/Uru-9-mm-sub-machine-guns-Brazil.html
• http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Uru&offset=0
• http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/1900/1908.htm
• http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/2800/2872.htm

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.