Submachine Gun - UZI

The UZI is a related family of open bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns. Smaller variants are considered to bemachine pistols. The Uzi was one of the first weapons to use a telescoping bolt design which allows for the magazine to be housed in the pistol grip for a shorter weapon. The first UZI submachine gun was designed by MajorUziel Gal in the late 1940s. The prototype was finished in 1950; first introduced to IDF special forces in 1954, the weapon was placed into general issue two years later. The Uzi has found use as a personal defense weapon by rear-echelon troops, officers, artillery troops and tankers, as well as a frontline weapon by elite light infantry assault forces.

Sniper - M110 SASS

The M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System is intended to replace theM24 sniper weapon system used by snipers, spotters, designate marksmen, or squad advanced marksmen in theUnited States Army. However, the Army still plans on acquiring M24s from Remington until February 2010. The U.S. Army ran a competition involving several designs, including ones from Knight's Armament Company, Remington and DPMS Pather Arms. On September 28, 2005, the Knight's Armament Co. rifle won the competition and was selected to be the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System. In April 2007, U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Fury in Afghanistan were the first in a combat zone to receive the M110.