In Part 1 of IWI, American Rifleman TV looked at the Tavor and X95 bullpups from Israel Weapon Industries. Senior Executive Editor Brian Sheetz is back at IWI for part 2, and he heads to the range with theUzi Propistol and the Galil ACE carbine, both of which are brought into the United States as semi-auto-only guns. Then he gets down behind the Negev belt-fed, light machine guns used by the Israeli Defense Force in both 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm.Check out this segmentfrom a recent episode ofAmerican Rifleman TV to learn more about the guns from IWI.
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