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Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), formerly the Magen division of the Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI), is an Israeli firearms manufacturer. It was founded in 1933. [ 2 ] Formerly owned by the State of Israel , the Small Arms Division of IMI was privatized and renamed IWI in 2005.
The IWI US Zion-15 is an AR-15–style rifle assembled in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania by IWI US, originally released in 2020. Marketed at a competitively low price, it is considered to be a budget or entry level rifle designed for American consumers optimized for home defense or competition, chambered in 5.56 NATO .
The IWI Masada (Hebrew: מצדה, "fortress") is a semi-automatic, striker-fired and recoil-operated pistol developed and produced by Israel Weapon Industries in 2017. It is designed to suit military, law enforcement and civilian needs. It comes in four colors (sniper gray, OD green, black and flat dark earth). The US market currently only has ...
The ARAD is an assault rifle visually similar to the AR-15, [2] though it uses a short-stroke gas piston, rather than the direct impingement system seen in the AR-15. [3] It is chambered in either 5.56×45mm NATO or .300 AAC Blackout and is designed to be modular, allowing a change of caliber through a quick-change barrel. [4]
General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm Belgium: Former Standard Issue to IDF Since 1960s to 1990s as a Main Machine Gun. Negev NG7 [citation needed] General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm Israel: Capable of semi-automatic or full-automatic fire. PKM [6] General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union
IWI switched to conventional land and groove rifling from 2005 to 2007. [citation needed] The Jericho 941 is issued in current service throughout the Israeli Security Forces, but Israel Weapon Industries lost a 1.2 Billion Pesos bid for the Philippine National Police's 60,000 handgun procurement on July 11, 2012. [citation needed]
In addition, such offerings as the Jericho 941 semi-automatic pistol and Tavor assault rifle are globally recognized and marketed firearms. [ 2 ] In the 1980s, an American firearms designer, Magnum Research , contracted IMI to re-design and manufacture a magnum caliber ( .44 Magnum , .357 Magnum and .50 AE ), resulting in the production of a ...
The IWI Galil ACE, also marketed as IWI ACE (or simply ACE), is a series of assault rifles and battle rifles originally developed and manufactured by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). It is produced in three different calibres: 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×39mm and 7.62×51mm NATO. IWI US also produced semi-automatic only variants of the Galil ACE.