KIBBUTZ YIFTAH, ISRAEL - AUGUST 11: An Israeli soldier hangs his Galil assault rifle on the back door of a 155mm mobile artillery piece as a battery of Israel's heavy guns deploys August 11, 2003 in ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Galil experienced limited export success, with the most visible (and controversial) sale to Apartheid-era South Africa. Israel’s experience with the Galil gave it ...

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 ...

While it never achieved its original goal as the mainstay longarm of the IDF, the Galil and the many variants derived from it found their way into 25 other armies and numerous police forces throughout ...