Type Submachine gun Used by Brazil Weight 3 kg | Place of origin Brazil Designed 1977 | |
Manufacturer Mekanika Industria e Commercio Ltd | ||
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.