Key Point: Used for three decades, the Galil rifle proved to be exactly what the IDF needed. The 1967 Six Day War provided many military lessons for the young state of Israel. One of many lessons was ...

The early IDF was forced to rely on a mixed bag of infantry rifles, from modern weapons to bolt action rifles. This logistical nightmare was eliminated with the adoption of the FN FAL battle rifle.

MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV died in December 2013, aged 94. But his 66-year-old invention, the Avtomat Kalashnikova, has plenty more shots left to fire. Developed in 1947 and first used by Soviet forces in ...