The IMI Galil Rifle: Israel s Powerful and Reliable AK-47 Derivative
Israel does not employ the Galil rifle in combat today. However, this weapon made its mark and remains known.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Although the Galil may be out of service today, the rifle helped create what is today a small arms industry all out of proportion to tiny Israel’s size.
The 1967 Six Day War provided many military lessons for the young state of Israel. One of many lessons was that the Israeli Army’s FN FAL battle rifles were too heavy and unwieldy. Israel needed a new assault rifle, and as a result, developed the Galil. Largely based on the Soviet AK-47, the Galil served as the service rifle of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for nearly three decades.
The nightmare world of cocaine debts, enforcers and the Bird of Prey
Criminals are coming under increasing and dangerous pressure from other criminals over drug debts
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Police scene in Everton as Landseer Road approach to Lance Close is sealed off by police after shooting in April 2014.
The seizure of a drugs haul worth £20m undermined a crime group controlled by two well known brothers.
Earlier this week Liverpool Crown court heard how brothers John and Alan Tobin were under pressure after police seized the massive haul of drugs on the M6 in Cheshire.
On February 6 last year John Tobin arrived at hospital with a gunshot wound after an incident in the Prescot area.
Israel s Very Own AK-47 Can Fire 650 Bullets Per Minute
In the wake of the 1967 war, Israel decided it needed a new assault rifle. The resulting rifle soldiered on for nearly three decades.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The Israeli Galil was adopted in 1972 and soldiered on for nearly three decades, through the Yom Kippur War, the 1982 invasion of Lebanon and anti-terrorism actions through the 1990s. The Galil experienced limited export success, with the most visible (and controversial) sale to Apartheid-era South Africa.
The 1967 Six Day War provided many military lessons for the young state of Israel. One of many lessons was that the Israeli Army’s FN FAL battle rifles were too heavy and unwieldy. Israel needed a new assault rifle, and as a result, developed the Galil. Largely based on the Soviet AK-47, the Galil served as the service rifle of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for nearly three decades.
The Israelis take American equipment and make it their own.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The IDF has a unique mission. American equipment isn t totally suited for the desert, but with a few modifications it has secured Israel victory after victory.
The Israel Defense Forces field a wide variety of American military equipment, due to significant amounts of American military aid to Israel. However, American equipment has not always been the best suited to the tough desert and urban conditions encountered by the IDF. As a result, American equipment in Israeli service is often extensively modified to fit the IDF’s unique mission. Here are some unique derivatives of American equipment that the IDF fields.