Galil MAR

Description

Israel Military Industries (IMI) produced the Galil family of rifles after the Israeli’s faced the AK-47 during the Six-Day War.

In the late 1960’s Yisrael Galil and Yaacov Lior based their design on Valmet Rk 62, which is the Finnish variant of the standard Soviet AK. In fact many of the first Galil’s manufactured used Valmet Rk 62 receivers. Galil’s are produced in two calibres, either 5.56x45mm or 7.62x51mm NATO.

The Israeli army originally issued three basic 5.56mm configurations. The Automatic Rifle Machine-gun (ARM) with a bi-pod, wire-cutter and carrying handle, the Automatic Rifle (AR) without the bi-pod etc. which is issued to support troops and the Short Automatic Rifle (SAR), with a shortened barrel, is issued to special forces troops and vehicle crews.

This (MAR – M for Micro) version is an updated version of the (SAR), of which the gas parts, handguard/foregrip and receiver have all been reduced in length. As per the (SAR) it is predominantly issued to special forces and vehicle crews (Tank etc.).

A new version of the Galil is currently in production by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) in multiple calibers and is called the Galil ACE.