Chariot 4? Iron Dome? • An American security site listed weapons that shaped Israel from its earliest years to the present • And also: It was explained to readers abroad what a magist is

If you borrow an average Israeli from Israel's deadliest weapons, they are likely to mark the top of the Iron Dome. Others will say a 4-way carriage, arrow missile, or windbreaker system. They probably won't specify an old Belgian battle rifle.

The National Interest website recently released a list of the 5 "deadliest and most famous weapons in Israel". Knowing under the headline "the weapons that helped build the modern state of Israel and are now all over the world," they were dealing with a number of weapons, most of which, the average Israeli would probably not even remember.

Uzi submachine gun // Photo: Tal Cohen

At the top of the list is the Uzi submachine gun. "In the early years, Israel had little industrial capacity and many countries refused to sell it weapons," explained reporter Kyle Mizukami. "As a result, Israel has had to establish its weapons industry for almost nothing. The compact Uzi was a simple and cheap machine gun for production." The Uzi, he noted. Also adopted by Japan, Germany, Belgium, Peru and Brazil.

Another surprising weapon is not Israeli at all. In the early years of Israel, the IDF was forced to rely on various types of rifles.

Warrior in the Yom Kippur War // Photo: Collection Nathan Pandrich, National Library

The third weapon on the list is known to every infantry or armor well known as "FN MAG". The magazines, which came into use in the mid-1960s, still star in the IDF. "The soldiers carrying the tools were known as 'magists', stretched under the weight of machine guns. The ability to suppress large Arab units was usually a key factor in Israeli victories over numerically greater forces. "

"Magist" // from National Interest website

And from immortal magicians to weapons that disappeared from the IDF but are still found in various countries around the world - the Galilee. The roll is intended to replace the M-16 as the Israeli infantry's standard weapon and shares many features with the Kalashnikov, "Mizukami noted.

Photo: IDF Spokesman

A much new weapon from the Galilee, which is already retired from the IDF, is the Tabor.