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Key facts
- Type
- Assault rifle , Carbine , Battle rifle
- Place of origin
- Israel
- In service
- 1972–present
- Used by
- See Users
- Designer
- Yisrael Galili , Yakov Lior
- Manufacturer
- Manufactured by: Israel Military Industries Licensed to: Bernardelli Indumil Ka Pa Sa State Factories ( Myanmar ) Denel Land Systems PLR Systems , India Z111 Factory ( Vietnam )
- Produced
- 1972–1998
- Variants
- See Variants
- Mass
- SAR: 3.75 kg (8.27 lb) AR: 3.95 kg (8.7 lb) ARM: 4.35 kg (9.6 lb)
- Length
- SAR : 850 mm (33 in) stock extended / 614 mm (24.2 in) stock folded
- Barrel length
- SAR: 332 mm (13.1 in) AR, ARM: 460 mm (18.1 in)
- Cartridge
- 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO .30 carbine (Magal variant)
- Action
- Gas-operated , rotating bolt
- Rate of fire
- 650 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- SAR: 900 m/s (2,953 ft/s) AR, ARM: 950 m/s (3,116.8 ft/s)
- Effective firing range
- 410 meters (Galil ARM)
- Feed system
- 5.56×45mm NATO : 35-, 50-, or 65-round detachable box magazine , or 30-round STANAG magazine 7.62×51mm NATO : 25-round proprietary box magazine .30 carbine : 15 or 30-round box magazine from the M1 carbine , and or 27-round box magazine (Magal variant)
- Sights
- Flip-up rear aperture with protective ears, flip-up tritium night sights, hooded front post
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The IWI Galil (Hebrew: גליל) is a family of Israeli-made automatic rifles chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges. Originally designed by Yisrael Galili and Yakov Lior in the late 1960s, the Galil was first produced by the state-owned Israel Military Industries and is now exported by the privatized Israel Weapon Industries.
The first Galil rifle was manufactured using RK 62 receivers. Moreover, the Galil design is largely based on the Finnish rifle RK 62 (a derivative of the AK-47).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “IWI Galil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.