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A 4MZ rifle of the Amatan/Amatan company
The Director of Procurement at the Ministry of Defense (MD), in cooperation with the Planning Division and the Land Arm of the IDF, will publish a tender for the purchase of tens of thousands of weapons from Israeli defense industries in the amount of tens of millions of shekels.
This is the largest tender held by the Ministry of Defense for the purchase of weapons produced by Israeli companies.
At the end of a discussion chaired by the Director General of the Ministry of Defense, Major General (res.) Eyal Zamir and the IDF, the Director General directed the procurement manager to enter into a tender for the purchase of tens of thousands of Israeli-made personal weapons worth tens of millions of shekels.
The procurement of the weapons from the AR15 family will be carried out on According to the IDF's requirement to renew and increase the stock of weapons in the IDF. It was also decided that the Tabor weapons stock will be preserved and will continue to be used by the IDF.
At the same time, the procurement of American weapons will also continue.
in American aid funds.
Arad rifle of iwi/iwi
In Israel there are two companies that manufacture assault rifles from the AR15 family, a legendary rifle of the American Colt company that was also used as the basis for the M-16.
IWI from Ramat Hasharon, formerly the personal weapons factory of the Israel Defense Forces, manufactures the Arad rifle, while Emathan from Karmiel manufactures the 4MZ. The
new purchase is intended to replace rifles worn out in the war, but also as part of the preparations to increase the IDF's combat power, as part of the lessons of the war.
The weapon that will be chosen will join the existing stock which includes, among other things, the Ham-16 rifle and the Tabor.
The procurement from the local companies, which are forced to rely on exports to survive, is intended to ensure independence in production in essential areas and to inject large budgets to strengthen the defense industries and the Israeli economy.
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