IMI Galil | |
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Type | Assault rifle, carbine, battle rifle |
Place of origin | Israel |
Service history | |
In service | 1972–present[1] |
Used by | See Users |
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Production history | |
Designer | Yisrael Galili Yakov Lior |
Manufacturer | Manufactured by:
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Produced | 1972–1998 |
Variants | See Variants |
Specifications | |
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Action | Gas-operated, rotating bolt |
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Effective firing range | 410 meters (Galil ARM) |
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Sights | Flip-up rear aperture with protective ears, flip-up tritium night sights, hooded front post |
The IMI 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.[7] Moreover, the Galil design is largely based on the Finnish rifle RK 62 (a derivative of the AK-47).[8]
The Israeli Army initially deployed the 5.56×45mm NATO Galil in three basic configurations; the automatic rifle machine-gun (ARM),[9] the automatic rifle (AR), and the short automatic rifle (SAR). A modern version of the Galil currently in production in multiple calibers is known as the Galil ACE.