Why Israel Made the Galil Rifle
Though no longer Israel’s standard-issue, frontline rifle, it is still in use in limited numbers, and has been successfully exported to a number of countries around the world.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The Galil is no longer Israel s primary battle rifle - that position has been taken over by the M4 carbine. So why is the Galil still so iconic?
The history of Israeli’s Galil family of rifles begins in the aftermath of the 1967 Six Day War. During that conflict, Israel’s standard-issue firearm, Israeli-made copies of Fabrique Nationale’s FAL battle rifle, fared rather poorly. At issue was the rifle’s reliability, particularly in the arid and dusty conditions endemic to the Sinai Peninsula. Furthermore, the FAL is a rather long rifle, limiting maneuverability in more enclosed, or urban spaces.
Britain is Thinking of Buying Leopard Tanks from Germany
Adopting the German-built Leopard 2 could be the right move for the United Kingdom as it could allow it to invest in other areas of defense.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The British have two options - try to upgrade some of their older Challenger tanks, or buy new Leopards from Germany. The irony of Britain, the country that invented the tank, buying from Germany, against whom that invention was targeted, has been noted.
More than 104 years after the British Army adopted the first tanks, which were deployed on the western front to smash through the German lines during the First World War, it now appears German tanks could be headed to the United Kingdom. Not as an invasion force but because the nation that pioneered the tank simply might have to adopt a foreign tank.
A New Stealth Helicopter is On Its Way to the U.S. Army
Lockheed Sikorsky-Boeing’s SB Defiant has taken flight more recently than Textron-Bell’s 280 Valor, however both appear to be showing early promise.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The new aircraft will employ several measures designed to make it quieter, including, most notably, a counter-rotating rotor that muffles the sound of the first.
The Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft is slated to enter war by 2030, bringing what service developers say is more than twice the range and speed of existing utility and attack helicopters.
There are several vendors now competing as part of an intense Army competition to ultimately choose and deploy a new fleet of aircraft with a much greater combat radius, fuel efficiency, speed, weapons, sensors and computer systems.
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