shuvo@y2k10
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Israelis are very smart when it comes to weapons developement both for internal and external customers.
The IWI has kept the Galil (AK based) as well as Tavor(bullpup) line functional by introducing new variants time to time.
In addition they have come up with 2 new designs: one is Arad (Ar-15 based) and Caramel (SCAR type).
Hence, all different types of weapons are available to them in-house.
We on the other hand copied the FAL and named it SLR. FN FAL was a short stroke piston design and held promising future. Instead of coming with new variants and keeping the SLR line alive, we in the 90s jumped to Insas, which is a long stroke piston based system. Insas took a long time to mature, and when it finally became mature from 1994-2015 by clearing all bottlenecks, we suddenly drop the 5.56 caliber and move to import. This line could be kept alive by coming out with newer variants.
Further, we became guinea pigs with import of large number of Tavors, when no other big country was introducing them with their SFs.
Now we are buying a direct gas impingement rifle Sig 716 and planning to import another long stroke design AK203, when we have equivalent AK designs in house like Ghatak, TAR, AK7 etc.
Seeing the recoil of Sig 716 in full auto, there is always a question in my mind, that after 10 years, will the army again switched back to 5.56 caliber like it did in the past with SLR, and order another import?
The IWI has kept the Galil (AK based) as well as Tavor(bullpup) line functional by introducing new variants time to time.
In addition they have come up with 2 new designs: one is Arad (Ar-15 based) and Caramel (SCAR type).
Hence, all different types of weapons are available to them in-house.
We on the other hand copied the FAL and named it SLR. FN FAL was a short stroke piston design and held promising future. Instead of coming with new variants and keeping the SLR line alive, we in the 90s jumped to Insas, which is a long stroke piston based system. Insas took a long time to mature, and when it finally became mature from 1994-2015 by clearing all bottlenecks, we suddenly drop the 5.56 caliber and move to import. This line could be kept alive by coming out with newer variants.
Further, we became guinea pigs with import of large number of Tavors, when no other big country was introducing them with their SFs.
Now we are buying a direct gas impingement rifle Sig 716 and planning to import another long stroke design AK203, when we have equivalent AK designs in house like Ghatak, TAR, AK7 etc.
Seeing the recoil of Sig 716 in full auto, there is always a question in my mind, that after 10 years, will the army again switched back to 5.56 caliber like it did in the past with SLR, and order another import?