Galil AR / ARM
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Galil AR / ARM
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Galil SAR
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Galil MAR
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Caliber
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7.62x51mm
NATO
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5.56x45mm
NATO
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Overall length
(stock open / folded)
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1050 /
810 mm
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979 /
742 mm
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840 /
614 mm
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690 /
445 mm
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Barrel length
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535 mm
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460 mm
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332 mm
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195 mm
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Weight, empty
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4 kg
(without bipod an carrying handle)
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3.95
kg (4.35 kg ARM)
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3.75
kg
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2.95
kg
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Magazine capacity
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25
rounds
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35 or
50 rounds
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35
rounds
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Rate of fire
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650
rounds per minute
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650
rounds per minute
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650
rounds per minute
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600 -
750 rounds per minute
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Effective range of
fire
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500 -
600 meters
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450
meters
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300
meters
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150-200
meters
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On the other hand, the same war showed the advantages of the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifles, used by Arab infantry with great success. After the end of this war IDF decided to develop a new assault rifle, which will eventually replace the FN FAL battle rifles and some of the UZI submachine guns.
It was also decided that the new assault rifle should be built around the new American low-impulse cartridge, known as 5.56x45 mm. During the late 1960s the IDF tested two rival designs, one of the Uziel Gal, and the other of the Israel Galili.
The latter design, based on the Finnish Valmet Rk.62 assault rifle (a license-built AK-47 clone), eventually won the competition and was selected as a new IDF assault rifle in the 1973, but its actual adoption was delayed by the next Israeli-Arab Yom Kippur war of the 1973. The machinery and documentation package was bought from Valmet and transferred to the state owned Israel Military Industries (IMI) company.
There are some rumors that the first production Galil rifles were built on the Valmet-made receivers.The basic Galil rifle later evolved into several configurations, including the full-size 5.56mm AR and ARM assault rifles, compact 5.56mm SAR rifle for the tank and vehicle crews, 7.62mm NATO AR selective fire and 7.62mm NATO semi-automatic Galatz sniper rifle, 5.56mm MAR subcompact assault rifle, also known as Micro-Galil, and some other modifications, like the unsuccessful .30 Carbine Magal police rifle.
While being a successful weapon, the Galil was not widely issued to the IDF during its lifetime, because during the late 1960s and early 1970s Israel received large shipments of the US M16 and CAR-15 assault rifles at the very low prices. M16 rifles became the major armament of the IDF, with the Galils mostly issued to the Armored corps, Artillery corps and some units of the Israeli Air Forces. The Galil rifles were exported to the various South American, African and Asian countries.
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In general, the Galil rifles are fine weapons,but somewhat heavy and expensive to manufacture.
Technical description
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The sights of the Galil featured a front hooded post, mounted on the gas block, with the rear diopter sight, mounted on the receiver top cover. Rear sight is of the flip-up type, with settings for 300 and 500 meters. Additional folding night sights with luminous inserts can be raised into position, which allows to aim the gun in the low light conditions at the ranges of up to 100 meters. The barrel and the flashhider can be used to launch the rifle grenades from the barrel, using the blancor live cartridges (depending on the rifle grenade type).
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All 5.56mm Galil rifles are fed using proprietary 35 or 50 rounds curved box magazines with AK-47 style locking. M16-type magazines can be used via the special adapter. 7.62mm Galil rifles are fed using proprietary 25 rounds box magazines. Civilian semi-automatic Galil variants sometimes are fitted with10 rounds magazines to comply with local firearms laws.
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