Firearms / Sub machine guns / Mekanika Uru
Mekanika Uru
General Facts
- TYPE
Sub machine gun - ORIGIN
Brazil - NICKNAMES
- - DESIGNED
1974 - 1975 - DESIGNER
Olympio Vieira de Mello - PRODUCTION
1977 - 1985 - PRODUCERS Brazil - Mekanika
- QUANTITY
About 10.000 have been produced. - UNIT COST
Unknown - CHARACTERISTICS
Very cheap to produce
Rugged
Rather heavy
Limited build quality
Introduction
The Uru is a sub machine gun of Brazilian origin. It was developed in the mid 1970's for the Brazilian government. The Uru is cheap to produce, but of lower quality than other weapons available at that time.
Design
The Uru is a very simple and rather heavy weapon. It is a blowback operated weapon that fires from an open bolt position. The weapon is made out of metal and the stock is able to fold sideways.
Firepower
The Uru fires the 9x19mm round from 30 round magazines. It is a select fire weapon capable of semi-automatic fire and fully automatic fire. The cyclic rate of fire is 750 rounds per minute.
Users
The Uru was adopted by the Brazilian military and police.
Uru
The Uru is a cheap and heavy sub machine gun. Its design is simple and rugged. The magazine housing serves as a forward grip. No variants have been produced.
- Specifications:
- Uru
| Type | Sub machine gun |
|---|---|
| Caliber | 9x19mm Parabellum |
| Magazine | 30 rounds |
| Operation | Simple blowback, open bolt |
| Fire selector | 0-1-F |
| Rate of fire | 750 rpm |
| Barrel length | 175 mm |
|---|---|
| Rifling | 6 grooves, right hand twist |
| Muzzle velocity | 389 m/s |
| Stock | Foldable |
| Length | 689 mm / 456 mm |
| Width | ? |
| Height | ? |
|---|---|
| Weight | 3.01 kg empty |
| Sights | Iron sights, post front and aperture rear, 230 mm sight radius |
| Remarks | - |