Forgotten weapons: South African Rx and LM series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMkiTnNA1NI

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Originally Posted by GDMP

His videos are excellent,one of the best for guns on you tube.Mechanically the Galil must have been superior to the M16,but heavier and more expensive to procure.Really just a significantly upgraded and high quality AK.

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I seem to remeber hat the Galil was a hybrid of good ideas- Action:Kalashnikov, Barrel:Colt,Stock: FN

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Originally Posted by GDMP

Seem to recall reading that the very first Israeli Galils (prototypes?) were built on Valmet receivers smuggled in from Finland.......

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That wouldn't surprise me. It ought to be a better starting point than a kalashnikov one.