Production of Galil Rifles in Vietnam Has Begun - goal is to replace

Production of Galil Rifles in Vietnam Has Begun
According to a report on janes website, the Israel Weapon Industries (IWI)
has established a production facility in cooperation with the Vietnamese
Ministry of Defence for the manufacture of Galil rifles for the Vietnam
People’s Army. The goal is to replace the Kalashnikov rifles with Galil
rifles

Ami Rojkes Dombe 3/3/2014

http://www.israeldefense.com/?CategoryID=483&ArticleID=2784

The Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) will begin to produce Galil assault
rifles for the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), according to a report by
state-run news agencies in Hanoi and by janes website. The production
facility was under construction since 2011, at a built cost of more than
$100 million.

The production unit will supply an unspecified number of the ACE assault
rifles to “gradually replace” the AK-47s currently used by the VPA. The
rifles are being manufactured at Factory Z111, which is based in the
northern Thanh Hoa province and owned by the Ministry of Defence. This
indicates the production of the rifles is a collaboration between IWI and
the VPA.

Russian and Chinese companies also took part in the tender. In addition,
armyrecognition website reveals that the VPA has already adopted a wide
range of Israeli small arms including the Tavor, Negev LMG, Galil SAR rifle
and Galil Sniper rifle.

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