@@cateatingcorn7276 I as a German can tell you that if you need a designated bottle opener to open your beer you are not worthy of beer. Unless you’re under the age of 16
The word Galatz is an abreviation of Galil Tzalafim, wich means "snipers' galil". Tzalaf means sniper, and the "-im" means plural, like the "-s" in inglish
@@philiplutin5638 in Russian transcript it would be Цальафим for the plural, or Цальаф, so the short would be Гальац, which sound far enough from glaz to me.
Yaay, my service rifle, also have been waiting for this one for a while. Nice gun, but damn heavy. There's going to be a lot "greetings from Estonia" in the comments :D Serial for my gun was 9 208 4747, yeah, good ol times.... btw scopes on ours were Nimrods, 6X40
Galatz = Galil + Tzalaf (sniper) I've used one in training. The accuracy, even on the battered and neglected training rifle is very useful. Can hit man-sized targets in the critical area up to 300m. Actually feels more accurate than an M16, although I never tried both with the same scope and same level of ammo quality. It isn't a tool designed to split hairs; more of a combat situation, where lots of bullets will be flying around both ways
Over 12 pounds, offset scope, retained iron sights, relatively low power scope... however still awesomely cool despite all of it. Thankyou for bringing this to us Ian! You're a dead-set legend.
The heavy weight is a good thing for marksman purposes. It sucks from a tactical standpoint, but that's only a problem for people who're actually at war. The rest of us just hump it in the car and go to the range and enjoy being able to fire 500 rounds in a practice session and still have a functional shoulder the day after :P Also, a 4x scope for 1.5-2 minute of angle is, imho, plenty for everyone who isn't an army trained sniper. Sure, at every gun range you'll find the chubby guy in the cammo pants, who never did service, insisting that mounting the Hubble Telescope on a battered surplus rifle is the right thing to do... but... we try not to laugh :P
@@jankaas4504 Strictly speaking it's a designated marksman rifle and not a sniper rifle. Effective fire out to 700-800 meters is what you can realistically expect. 4x power is plenty for that.
@@andersjjensen i get that, but you point all of the points as if it is intended as a range toy, which it isnt. It is a dmr/sniper/counter sniper rifle intended for military aplications. Im sorry that i bring it up and in Holland we would say im ant fucking now.
@@jankaas4504 My remarks were in the context of this particular example being a semi-auto only version being auctioned to the general public. I'd personally like to own this rifle for range use, but I wouldn't want to carry it to battle. Because it is heavy AF and outdated by modern standards. It was fine at it's introduction in '89 though, but nothing special. The Swedish variant of the G3 with picotini rail would be a lot better rounded DMR for instance.
Henry-the-gun-whisperer is going to conclude that with a little bit of care, love and clairvoyance this gun IS in fact a 1.3 minute of angle gun despite no-one else being able to reproduce the result :P
Thanks for your service , Brother , I'm a US Navy vet . About 20 years ago I bought a Nimrod with the windage knob is on the right side . I used it on my Springfield Armory M1A . I am familiar with the M1A / M14 because that was my service rifle in the fleet and as an MP . I didn't know atthe time that the IDF used Nimrods on M14s as DMRs. My Nimrod is now mounted to my Bergara B14 Ridge chambered in .308 Win . I have to make some handloads before testing the rig at the range . The guys at the shop that sold me were impressed by my Nimrod , had never seen one before . Shalom !
Enyone ever played a rare game called Chameleon, where the protagonist is trying to find out who sniped his parents? He eventually discovers, that a modified Dragunov was used for the hit, but in the cutscene it was a Galil.
You have just taught me how the range finder works.... would love a video on how to use the various markings found on scopes, german v's etc.... cheers
Mounting the bipod that far back also means you can get away with shorter legs. LMGs often have longer legs mounted farther out to avoid rocking with recoil. If you're floating the barrel, it's also lighter to mount them on the frame than adding a pier for the bipod to extend on. Not that they seem overly concerned with keeping the weight down here with the 2x4 furniture.
It's rare that I find Ian using a word in the wrong way, but Ian, you used cantilever wrong. Canting isn't short hand for cantilevering, canting is offsetting something to one side, whereas cantilevering is using counterweights to support an overhanging structure, i.e. a lot of Frank L. Wright's homes, Falling Water comes to mind. I love the video, i just hope this finds you before someone corrects you in person, i feel like this is less awkward
I am curious about the DMR designation. I served in the Yamam, the anti-terrorist unit of the Israeli Border Guard from '86 to '88, and one of the sniper rifles we used was the Galil Tsalafim presented here. Generally, hostage rescue sniping takes place at shorter ranges than general combat sniping ("ballistic advantage" is not typically exploited in such scenarios) but we still thought of it as a sniper weapon. I describe one of our operations in this article: www.timesofisrael.com/when-shots-rang-out-again-we-knew-we-had-to-storm-the-bus/
I picked up one of those scopes at a surplus store with storage case for 50 bucks 20 years ago. Put it on the best of my Swiss K-31 rifles. Very nice clear and bright scope.
$50? I paid $360 for mine about the same time . I mounted it on a Springfield Armory M1a . Now it"s perched atop my Bergara B14 Ridge in .308. I have to roll some handloads before shooting the rig .
One reason for the side mount may be that the upper part where it would be otherwise attached is not fixed but a bit loose when compared to non AK based systems.
Thanks , Ian ! About 20 years ago I bought a surplus Nimrod scope , sans mount . My Nimrod is rather worn on the externals , has the windage knob on the right side and the same reticle as this one . There is a radiological marking indicating it contained tritium , but the reticle no longer glows in dim lighting or darkness. I'm thinking my scope may have been used on the Israeli M14 DMR .
One of those weapons that has always fascinated me, for no other reason than I saw a picture of one as a kid and thought it looked awesome. I imagine the offset scope made it easier to remove the top cover without taking the scope off first!
The bipod being at the base of the hand guard is to ensure you dont have any point of impact shift by putting pressure on the end of the barrel. There’s good videos out there depicting this phenomena
Can't really expand on the name "Galatz" but there is an IDF run Radio channel that's been around forever called "Gal-Galatz" (Gal means wave, as in Ocean or Radio waves)
Regarding the Nimrod scope, Nimrod was a person mentioned in a single verse in the Book of Genesis as a great hunter. In a Bugs Bunny cartoon, BB referred to Elmer Fudd as a "great Nimrod" sarcastically. The audience, unfamiliar with the Biblical figure but knowing that EF was an idiot, thought that "Nimrod" meant "idiot." The meaning stuck, and now many more people know Nimrod by the new definition rather than the original meaning.
The book from SOF Magazine /Sniping from Paladin press writes much about the Israeli snipers og system used. Author suggestes use the Galatz with a Art 6-18x as making the Galatz more suited for various scenarios and tips and tricks to enhance the system to be more accurate.
@@yuvalbeery2493 dagnabbit, my bad (lol!). I should read better. I thought you meant that in general, the Galil platform is still being used by the Israeli Parliament Guard. So I asked you specifically which version. Seeing your comment again I now see that you specifically said the Galatz version was the one being used. So my reply is rather silly. 😅
@@yuvalbeery2493 and btw, the Galatz is still made and sold by IWI, now with more modern furniture. The Philippines' Police and Coast Guard for instance, use this updated version.
galatz - galil tzalaf but also the same contraction as "gallei tzahal" which is one of the earliest biggest radio stations in the country and also run by the military, it's basically a play on words
Ian, (and anyone else associated with forgotten weapons)I know you get hundreds of comments, but this Channel is amazing. You made me discover my love for the strange and forgotten weapons of the past, and any type o firearm honestly. I sincerely thank you for the meticulouswork you put in. Long live French Jesus 😂
In 1984 I attended an armourers course on the Galil, UZI & Desert Eagle family of smallarms. We were instructed by none other than the designers if the Galil, Yisrael Galil and Yacov Lior. The Galil sniper was part of the course... my opinion was that it was not terribly accurate and as heavy and awkward as using a MAG58 as a sniper rifle! Strangely we sold around 12 in the UK before all semiauto rifles were banned!
That sure is a nice rifle. I always love a 7.62 anything. I have 6 different rifle's in some 30 caliber round from 30-40 Kraig, 30-06, 30 carbine, 30-30 30-378, 300 Win Mag and 300 AAC. oh yeah 7.62x25 almost forgot that one.
My guess is the longer magazines give less articulation for a designated marksman. Or, maybe it's a California special. Who knows. I just know that I have one.
Definitely "Were" in service. Like all Galils this did not have a very long service life. By the time I was serving in 2005-08 these were long gone. Designated marksmen had ARs with scopes.
@@amitnachman3840 that’s true. Before the m4s came to Israel the kalaim mounted the acog on top of the carry handle on the colt 653 mekutzar*/603 menusar as well as uncut 603’s which were designated as m16a3 with a cheek riser on the stock.
This is such an attractive rifle. My aesthetic enjoys the wooden furniture Galils and FALs, enormously cool. Yes I’m a Fudd at heart. Vietnam era boomer. I appreciate my AR 15, AR180 etc and no I didn’t think the M14 was better than the M16 but my first .22 was a wooden stock Winchester and I hunted Bambies with a mid 60’s Remington 700 in .270.
I know what I want for the thirtieth anniversary of my bar mitzvah.I just want mine kitted out with a bottle opener and a cigarette lighter to really tick off the ATF
I swear if it doesn’t have a bottle opener...
I was thoroughly disappointed
Bet you could use that muzzle brake
The mags have feeding lips, don’t they
@@ohnenamen2843 man I just want a dedicated bottle opener 😞
@@cateatingcorn7276
I as a German can tell you that if you need a designated bottle opener to open your beer you are not worthy of beer.
Unless you’re under the age of 16
The word Galatz is an abreviation of Galil Tzalafim, wich means "snipers' galil". Tzalaf means sniper, and the "-im" means plural, like the "-s" in inglish
Ohhhhhh gaaawwwddddd
@@philiplutin5638 in Russian transcript it would be Цальафим for the plural, or Цальаф, so the short would be Гальац, which sound far enough from glaz to me.
GALAZ AND PALITZ
EYE AND FINGER
That stock is absolutely gorgeous!
beech?
Yaay, my service rifle, also have been waiting for this one for a while. Nice gun, but damn heavy. There's going to be a lot "greetings from Estonia" in the comments :D Serial for my gun was 9 208 4747, yeah, good ol times....
btw scopes on ours were Nimrods, 6X40
I own a Nimrod with the windage knob on the right side .
How did you like that glass?
Galatz = Galil + Tzalaf (sniper)
I've used one in training. The accuracy, even on the battered and neglected training rifle is very useful. Can hit man-sized targets in the critical area up to 300m. Actually feels more accurate than an M16, although I never tried both with the same scope and same level of ammo quality. It isn't a tool designed to split hairs; more of a combat situation, where lots of bullets will be flying around both ways
I'm jealous. Ive never seen one in any Armoury anywhere in Israel. Although I was only sadir
@@Impulset0 i've seen couple times, its too old to be common
@@Impulset0 I worked in a small town in Washington state in the early nineties. The Galil in 5.56 was the local police department's patrol rifle.
@@lancesoterion435 that is awesome.
Boy, that thing looks heavy.
It is! Imagine you carry it around full combat gear 6 magazines, vest, helmet and body armor... yes it is indeed heavy
@@porkimond did you have to hump that thing or what?
That is my service rifle ! I call mine Alice. It's a very good gun - love it.
Greetings from Estonia !
some pronounciations of Galatz could be seen as a mondegreen for "Alice". Clever.
Wassup Estonia !
@@Govanmauler lockdown 2: electric boogaloo!
Thnaks for buniess, isralie econmy thanks you estnoian
Forgotten Weapons and breakfast. Don’t mind if I do. Thanks Ian
Same same
What did you have for breakfast?
@@MrScar665 if it doesn’t have meat I don’t want to know... (no homo)
@@doublel1572 Fried eggs and bacon + firearms= perfect start of the day
Did the same thing
I’ve been waiting for this one for a while
ok
You're a man of taste I see
Ok
You could make a video together...
The galil is the perfect rifle
Over 12 pounds, offset scope, retained iron sights, relatively low power scope... however still awesomely cool despite all of it.
Thankyou for bringing this to us Ian! You're a dead-set legend.
The heavy weight is a good thing for marksman purposes. It sucks from a tactical standpoint, but that's only a problem for people who're actually at war. The rest of us just hump it in the car and go to the range and enjoy being able to fire 500 rounds in a practice session and still have a functional shoulder the day after :P
Also, a 4x scope for 1.5-2 minute of angle is, imho, plenty for everyone who isn't an army trained sniper. Sure, at every gun range you'll find the chubby guy in the cammo pants, who never did service, insisting that mounting the Hubble Telescope on a battered surplus rifle is the right thing to do... but... we try not to laugh :P
@@andersjjensen isnt this rifle made for "army trained snipers" and not for commercial sales?
@@jankaas4504 Strictly speaking it's a designated marksman rifle and not a sniper rifle. Effective fire out to 700-800 meters is what you can realistically expect. 4x power is plenty for that.
@@andersjjensen i get that, but you point all of the points as if it is intended as a range toy, which it isnt. It is a dmr/sniper/counter sniper rifle intended for military aplications. Im sorry that i bring it up and in Holland we would say im ant fucking now.
@@jankaas4504 My remarks were in the context of this particular example being a semi-auto only version being auctioned to the general public. I'd personally like to own this rifle for range use, but I wouldn't want to carry it to battle. Because it is heavy AF and outdated by modern standards. It was fine at it's introduction in '89 though, but nothing special. The Swedish variant of the G3 with picotini rail would be a lot better rounded DMR for instance.
Always loved the Galil. Super cool concept!
Last time I was this early, Israel still used the FAL.
Last time I was this early, Hadrian destroyed the Second Temple and Jews used gladii.
Last time I was this early , Israel didn’t exist.
Last time i was this early Homosapians were just emerging
Last time I was this early, Israel and Judah split
BF-109s here! Oh, sry'! Avia S-199...
I see 7.62 nato I click like! Would love to see Henry and Josh take this for a run on 9 holes.
Was wondering if someone would beat me to make such a comment.. Agreed.
Henry-the-gun-whisperer is going to conclude that with a little bit of care, love and clairvoyance this gun IS in fact a 1.3 minute of angle gun despite no-one else being able to reproduce the result :P
Don't let MAC see this or he'll auction it off on Gunbroker
The craftsmanship on that is insane . So beautiful
dont shorten the Rock Island Auction, its part of your channel's history :D
I bet it's a youtube limitation. He probably is not allowed to say the full name of an organization that sells guns or some dumb shit like that.
The Galil is my favorite AK based gun.
Why no valmet
Yes yes yes
Based
@@jonmeray713 because galil exists
Sig 550!
Had it as service rifle for about a year, BDC on NIMROD scope with right ammo worked great and it is very accurate rifle
Thanks for your service , Brother , I'm a US Navy vet . About 20 years ago I bought a Nimrod with the windage knob is on the right side . I used it on my Springfield Armory M1A . I am familiar with the M1A / M14 because that was my service rifle in the fleet and as an MP . I didn't know atthe time that the IDF used Nimrods on M14s as DMRs. My Nimrod is now mounted to my Bergara B14 Ridge chambered in .308 Win . I have to make some handloads before testing the rig at the range . The guys at the shop that sold me were impressed by my Nimrod , had never seen one before . Shalom !
The quality of this artwork is surprising
I wouldn't mind having one of these jewels. THANKS GREAT VIDEO.
Easily one of the best looking rifles I've ever seen 😍 been waiting for the episode for years!
I like the retro wood design of it
I prefer wood stocks to be honest, synthetic furniture isn't as good looking and it doesn't age like wood. :)
It would be interesting to see an updated Ace version of the the Galatz.
something about the Galil is just so gorgeous
"You can still use the iron sights. Wait no we put like 4" of wood between your cheek and the proper cheek weld area for iron sights. Oh well!"
Now that is awesome.
Always wanted a closer look at this thing.
Galatz is also short for galay tzaal (IDF waves) which is the IDF-own national radio
Is it as cheesy as AFN (the US military overseas broadcaster)?
@@509Gman It fucking is. lmao
@@509Gman ye it is, most ppl listen to kan reshet bet (network B) news on the radio
Enyone ever played a rare game called Chameleon, where the protagonist is trying to find out who sniped his parents? He eventually discovers, that a modified Dragunov was used for the hit, but in the cutscene it was a Galil.
AWESOME Detailed video of a unicorn collectible! Thanks again Ian
You have just taught me how the range finder works.... would love a video on how to use the various markings found on scopes, german v's etc.... cheers
Mounting the bipod that far back also means you can get away with shorter legs. LMGs often have longer legs mounted farther out to avoid rocking with recoil. If you're floating the barrel, it's also lighter to mount them on the frame than adding a pier for the bipod to extend on. Not that they seem overly concerned with keeping the weight down here with the 2x4 furniture.
It's rare that I find Ian using a word in the wrong way, but Ian, you used cantilever wrong. Canting isn't short hand for cantilevering, canting is offsetting something to one side, whereas cantilevering is using counterweights to support an overhanging structure, i.e. a lot of Frank L. Wright's homes, Falling Water comes to mind. I love the video, i just hope this finds you before someone corrects you in person, i feel like this is less awkward
I am curious about the DMR designation. I served in the Yamam, the anti-terrorist unit of the Israeli Border Guard from '86 to '88, and one of the sniper rifles we used was the Galil Tsalafim presented here. Generally, hostage rescue sniping takes place at shorter ranges than general combat sniping ("ballistic advantage" is not typically exploited in such scenarios) but we still thought of it as a sniper weapon. I describe one of our operations in this article: www.timesofisrael.com/when-shots-rang-out-again-we-knew-we-had-to-storm-the-bus/
Badass!
I picked up one of those scopes at a surplus store with storage case for 50 bucks 20 years ago. Put it on the best of my Swiss K-31 rifles. Very nice clear and bright scope.
$50? I paid $360 for mine about the same time . I mounted it on a Springfield Armory M1a . Now it"s perched atop my Bergara B14 Ridge in .308. I have to roll some handloads before shooting the rig .
Dude i envy your job i have seen and owned my share of cool guns but this series has surpassed what i have seen in person 10 fold
Ian strikes again with another rad video!
watched alot of videos now from your channel - i like it ....very interesting it
Thank you
I always seem to learn something, thanks bud. Take care and stay safe 🤘
One reason for the side mount may be that the upper part where it would be otherwise attached is not fixed but a bit loose when compared to non AK based systems.
Optics mounted on the sheet metal covers of AK pattern rifles are one of the stupidest things Ive ever seen .
Thank you , Ian .
Thanks , Ian ! About 20 years ago I bought a surplus Nimrod scope , sans mount . My Nimrod is rather worn on the externals , has the windage knob on the right side and the same reticle as this one . There is a radiological marking indicating it contained tritium , but the reticle no longer glows in dim lighting or darkness. I'm thinking my scope may have been used on the Israeli M14 DMR .
It even looks like a brutal hand weapon
In case you’re wondering, one sold at RIA in 2020 for $28.7k.
Apparently only 20 were brought to us in 1980s
One of those weapons that has always fascinated me, for no other reason than I saw a picture of one as a kid and thought it looked awesome.
I imagine the offset scope made it easier to remove the top cover without taking the scope off first!
Haven't even watched the video yet, but i know it'll be awesome!
Circa 1992-1995 we (Sayeret Golani) used the GALATZ (Galil Tzalfim) on operations in Lebanon....By the way, I am a great fan of the channel!
I own a Nimrod with the windage knob on the right side . Is mine one the scopes used on the M14 based DMR ?
FINALLY! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER!
The bipod being at the base of the hand guard is to ensure you dont have any point of impact shift by putting pressure on the end of the barrel. There’s good videos out there depicting this phenomena
Too cool. Thanks, Ian.
The offset scope and mount probably makes removing the top cover a bit easier also.
The scope reticle reminds me of one that I’ve seen on scopes mounted on the Steyr SSG 69 bolt-action sniper rifle.
I love Galils. Wish i had one of these.
Can't really expand on the name "Galatz" but there is an IDF run Radio channel that's been around forever called "Gal-Galatz" (Gal means wave, as in Ocean or Radio waves)
@Forgotten Weapons I just recieved my Forgotten Weapons t-shirt and I love it. I wear it like a badge of honour.
The gun from the parking lot shootout in "Way Of The Gun".
Regarding the Nimrod scope, Nimrod was a person mentioned in a single verse in the Book of Genesis as a great hunter. In a Bugs Bunny cartoon, BB referred to Elmer Fudd as a "great Nimrod" sarcastically. The audience, unfamiliar with the Biblical figure but knowing that EF was an idiot, thought that "Nimrod" meant "idiot." The meaning stuck, and now many more people know Nimrod by the new definition rather than the original meaning.
Nimrod wasn't just a hunter , he was a mighty King .
I think the current understanding of the word comes from Bugs Bunny honestly.
This one needs to run the 9 hole. Cool gun. Thanks for showing this one! 👍🏼
In Uncharted 3, one of the weapons you can get is a burst-fire micro-galatz.
I would buy a new ace version of this in a heartbeat
The book from SOF Magazine /Sniping from Paladin press writes much about the Israeli snipers og system used. Author suggestes use the Galatz with a Art 6-18x as making the Galatz more suited for various scenarios and tips and tricks to enhance the system to be more accurate.
Yes!!! i´ve been waiting for this!!
one of the DMRs of Vietnam Mobile Police (aka SWAT), along side with the SVD
This was one of my favorite rifles in Syphon Filter Omega Strain
I picked up both mine in 7.62 and 5.56 back in 2003
Yikes! 1986 was a better time to buy... LOL
Great Video!
Another mint condition weapon!! Who's collection have all these museum quality pieces come from???
Great video
beautiful piece!
I fuckin LOVE Galil
Galatz is used today only by the Israeli parliament guard
Which version?
@@paleoph6168 this one. Still with wood furniture. They use standard old Galils for parades
@@yuvalbeery2493 dagnabbit, my bad (lol!). I should read better.
I thought you meant that in general, the Galil platform is still being used by the Israeli Parliament Guard. So I asked you specifically which version.
Seeing your comment again I now see that you specifically said the Galatz version was the one being used. So my reply is rather silly. 😅
@@yuvalbeery2493 not really,Indonesia still use Galatz until today use by Combat Intelligence.buying this gun by Vietnam surplus in 2001
@@yuvalbeery2493 and btw, the Galatz is still made and sold by IWI, now with more modern furniture. The Philippines' Police and Coast Guard for instance, use this updated version.
Gun Jesus, you’re great.
galatz - galil tzalaf but also the same contraction as "gallei tzahal" which is one of the earliest biggest radio stations in the country and also run by the military, it's basically a play on words
Really cool weapon!
Bet those magazines are rare as hens teeth!-John in Texas
the reticle is simple and beautiful.
always love wood side folders, no matter the rifle.
Ian, (and anyone else associated with forgotten weapons)I know you get hundreds of comments, but this Channel is amazing. You made me discover my love for the strange and forgotten weapons of the past, and any type o firearm honestly. I sincerely thank you for the meticulouswork you put in. Long live French Jesus 😂
1980's Rifle Sights - Set distance to up to 800 meters.
1890's Rifle Sights - Set distance to up to 1000 meters.
1890's was shoot and hope volley fire.
Very good looking rifle
Gorgeous rifle
The weight is sign of reliability.
In 1984 I attended an armourers course on the Galil, UZI & Desert Eagle family of smallarms. We were instructed by none other than the designers if the Galil, Yisrael Galil and Yacov Lior. The Galil sniper was part of the course... my opinion was that it was not terribly accurate and as heavy and awkward as using a MAG58 as a sniper rifle! Strangely we sold around 12 in the UK before all semiauto rifles were banned!
IIRC the two lower auxiliary crosshairs will bring you to 900 and 1000 with an 800 setting on the dial.
That sure is a nice rifle. I always love a 7.62 anything. I have 6 different rifle's in some 30 caliber round from 30-40 Kraig, 30-06, 30 carbine, 30-30 30-378, 300 Win Mag and 300 AAC. oh yeah 7.62x25 almost forgot that one.
Thanks for sharing! Nice rifle!
There's also a 4-round mag available for these; I have one. Not at all sure how common or useful they are, but they exist.
4 round? thats for a very polite army...
My guess is the longer magazines give less articulation for a designated marksman. Or, maybe it's a California special. Who knows. I just know that I have one.
I enjoy looking at fancy scope reticles because it makes me feel like I’m after something that’s very obscure, like what Gun Jesus is trying to do.
It's a sniper rifle in Israel as long as you're aiming East-West. It's a DMR if you're aiming North-South.
So true.👌🏼
I don't get it.
It amuses me everytime I think of the fact that the Galil was a copy of the Kalashnikov made by a guy originally named Balashnikov
Looks brand new out off the box😍
Definitely "Were" in service. Like all Galils this did not have a very long service life. By the time I was serving in 2005-08 these were long gone.
Designated marksmen had ARs with scopes.
People always forget Estonia,they ARE in service
M4's not AR's.
Well there were M4s and also M16 so for simplicity I wrote "AR" as in the family of rifles.
And i meant IDF service life.
@@amitnachman3840 that’s true. Before the m4s came to Israel the kalaim mounted the acog on top of the carry handle on the colt 653 mekutzar*/603 menusar as well as uncut 603’s which were designated as m16a3 with a cheek riser on the stock.
@@Impulset0 I think they were M16A2E3
This is such an attractive rifle. My aesthetic enjoys the wooden furniture Galils and FALs, enormously cool. Yes I’m a Fudd at heart. Vietnam era boomer. I appreciate my AR 15, AR180 etc and no I didn’t think the M14 was better than the M16 but my first .22 was a wooden stock Winchester and I hunted Bambies with a mid 60’s Remington 700 in .270.
My dad was able to get one when they were first available in the U.S.
Awesome piece of history! Thank you
It will be a sad day when there are no more guns to do videos on.
I remember using this in Alliance of Valiant Arms
i heard it will be available in steam, brace yourself
I knew somebody would mention that game.
i still think it's interesting how the standard galios has a bottle opener where the swiss just put thairs on thair pocket knives
I know what I want for the thirtieth anniversary of my bar mitzvah.I just want mine kitted out with a bottle opener and a cigarette lighter to really tick off the ATF
"Forgotten weapons" that are still being actively used in armies. YES!
Surprised I haven't seen this in a video game