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Galil Córdova
The Galil Córdova is an assault rifle designed and developed by Colombian company INDUMIL, Indumil, based on the IMI Galil, Galil AR. It is the main assault rifle of the Colombian Armed Forces and National Police. The Córdova is named after Colombian independence hero José María Córdova. History With the escalation of the Colombian conflict and the restrictions on the sale of arms and spare parts from manufacturing countries, the government was forced to find a supplier that would satisfy not only the demands of the conflict, but also guarantee the continuous supply of new material, spare parts, but and more importantly, the transfer of technology. In 1994, Israel sold Galils under license and assembly equipment to the Colombian state company Indumil in 1994. In 2015, Indumil developed a prototype semi-automatic Galil AR. In 2020, Indumil reported the sale of 8,000 Córdova under a contract of USD$10 million. In 2021, Haiti said that they are looking into potentially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The IMI Galil () 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.Knupp, Jeremiah (December 28, 2017"Galil ACE: IWI Brings the AK Into the Modern Era" ''American Rifleman''. Moreover, the Galil design is largely based on the Finnish rifle RK 62 (a derivative of the AK-47). The Israeli Army initially deployed the 5.56×45mm NATO Galil in three basic configurations; the automatic rifle machine-gun (ARM), the automatic rifle (AR), and the short automatic rifle (SAR). A modernised, redesigned version of the Galil is produced since 2008, known as the Galil ACE. History The Belgian FN FAL battle rifle had initially been adopted by the Israeli Defense Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
