Yisrael Galili (inventor)

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Yisrael Galili (1923-1995),[1] is best known for inventing the Galil assault rifle. He also helped create the Uzi submachine gun. He was known in the military by the nickname 'Father of the Rifle'.

In 1973, he received Israel's security prize for creating the Galil.

References

  1. ^ "Yisrael Galili, Weapons Inventor,dies at 72" (HTML). New York Times (1995-04-11). Retrieved on 2007-02-11.


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