Editing IMI Galil (section)

==Users==
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* {{flag|Bolivia}}<ref name="jones2009">Jones, Richard D. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010''. [[Janes Information Services|Jane's Information Group]]; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-7106-2869-5}}.</ref>
* {{flag|Botswana}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Brazil}}: The ''[[State police#Brazil|Polícia Militar do Estado do Pará]]'' (PMPA; ''Military State Police of Pará'') ordered 555 Magal carbines in 2001.<ref name="jones2009" /><ref>{{cite web |date=3 March 2013 |title=''The Magal .30M1: A look back at the Galil's cousin that's still kicking for Brazilian and Israeli police forces'', by Ronaldo Olive |url=http://www.tactical-life.com/magazines/tactical-weapons/magal-30m1/2/ |access-date=25 October 2014 |work=Tactical Life |archive-date=12 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012233554/http://www.tactical-life.com/magazines/tactical-weapons/magal-30m1/2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flag|Cameroon}}: Issued to presidential guard units<ref name = 'Israel Africa'>{{cite journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215174232/http://www.nonproliferation.eu/documents/other/siemontwezeman4e9eb5e5806bd.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2013 |title=Israeli arms transfers to sub-Saharan Africa |url=http://www.nonproliferation.eu/documents/other/siemontwezeman4e9eb5e5806bd.pdf |journal=SIPRI Background Paper |publisher=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute|SIPRI]] |first=Siemon T. |last=Wezeman}}</ref> and the [[Rapid Intervention Battalion, Cameroon|BIR]].<ref name="NMAA">{{cite web |first1=Jeremy |last1=Binnie |first2=Erwan |last2=de Cherisey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622123315/http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf|title= New-model African armies |publisher=Jane's |date=2017 |archive-date=22 June 2017 |url=http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf}}</ref>
* {{flag|Central African Republic}}<ref name ='SAS 2005'>{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html |chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2005/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2005-Chapter-11-EN.pdf |chapter=The Central African Republic: A Case Study of Small Arms and Conflict |title=Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2005 |author=[[Small Arms Survey]] |page=318 |isbn=978-0-19-928085-8 |access-date=2018-08-29 |archive-date=2018-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830004838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="CAR">{{cite news |title=Centrafrique : le Soudan a-t-il armé les ex-Séléka ? |language=fr |work=[[Jeune Afrique]] |date=17 December 2013 |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/166718/politique/centrafrique-le-soudan-a-t-il-arm-les-ex-s-l-ka/ |first=Laurent |last=Touchard}}</ref>
* {{flag|Chad}}: Delivered in 2006.<ref name="Israel Africa"/>
* {{flag|Chile}} Currently the ARM and SAR variants still on duty with the [[Chilean Air Force]]. ACE N22 variants adopted by the [[Chilean Army]] since 2014.<ref name="jones2009" /><ref> [https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/08/11/famae-chile-begun-producing-iwi-galil-ace-rifles/ FAMAE (Chile) has begun producing IWI GALIL ACE Rifles]. The Firearm Blog. Steve  Johnson. August 11, 2014</ref>
* {{flag|Colombia}}: Standard issue rifle. Produced under license by [[Indumil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indumil.gov.co/?id_c=21&tpl=producto|title=INDUMIL – Industria Militar|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> Also adopted the [[Galil ACE]] rifle by the middle of 2010, produced by Indumil.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/IWI-Galil-ACE-5-56-mm-assault-rifle-Israel.html| title=IWI Galil ACE 5.56 mm assault rifle (Israel), Rifles| publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]]| access-date= August 17, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815052539/http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/IWI-Galil-ACE-5-56-mm-assault-rifle-Israel.html| url-status=live|archive-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref> [[FARC]] rebels use captured examples against the Colombian armed forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://resistencia-colombia.org/farc-ep/partes-de-guerra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603113740/http://www.resistencia-colombia.org/farc-ep/partes-de-guerra|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 June 2013|title=Partes de guerra – FARC-EP Bloque Martín Caballero|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> 
* {{flag|Republic of Congo}}: delivered in 1994<ref name="SAS 2003 263">{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2003.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112154702/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2003.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 November 2010|chapter-url= http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2003/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2003-Chapter-08-EN.pdf|chapter=Making the Difference?: Weapon Collection and Small Arms Availability in the Republic of Congo|title=Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2003|author=[[Small Arms Survey]] |pages=263 |isbn=0199251754|ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2003}}}}</ref>
* {{flag|Costa Rica}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|El Salvador}}<ref name="Haapiseva-Hunter2">{{cite book |last=Haapiseva-Hunter |first=Jane |title=Israeli foreign policy: South Africa and Central America |url=https://archive.org/details/pdfy-SHJFNtzFTutJVd8R/page/115 |publisher=[[South End Press]] |year=1999 |page=[https://archive.org/details/pdfy-SHJFNtzFTutJVd8R/page/115 115] |isbn=978-0-89608-285-4}}</ref>
* {{flag|Estonia}}: Uses 5.56mm versions of the Galil AR, SAR, ARM,<ref>http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DMSD0200526&JPGPath=/Assets/Still/2002/Marines/DM-SD-02-00526.JPG {{Bare URL image|date=August 2024}}</ref> and the 7.62mm Galil Sniper.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mil.ee/?menu=tehnika1&sisu=galilar|title=Uudised – Kaitsevägi|work=mil.ee}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mil.ee/?menu=tehnika1&sisu=galilsar|title=Uudised – Kaitsevägi|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mil.ee/?menu=tehnika1&sisu=galilarm|title=Uudised – Kaitsevägi|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mil.ee/?menu=tehnika1&sisu=galilsnaiper|title=Uudised – Kaitsevägi|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>
* {{flag|Eswatini}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}<ref name="Israel Africa"/>
* {{flag|Fiji}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/cp/fiji|title=Guns in Fiji|author=Philip Alpers|work=gunpolicy.org|access-date=11 December 2014|archive-date=6 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806082345/http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/cp/fiji|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Capie |first=David |title=Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific |date=2004 |pages=63–65 |publisher=Victoria University Press |location=Wellington |isbn=978-0-86473-453-2}}</ref>
* {{flag|Georgia}}: Uses GALATZ sniper and Micro-Galil assault rifles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en |title=Armament of the Georgian Army |access-date=25 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309192408/http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en |archive-date=9 March 2012 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Guatemala}}: 15,000 Galils<ref name="Haapiseva-Hunter">{{cite book |last=Haapiseva-Hunter |first=Jane |title=Israeli foreign policy: South Africa and Central America |publisher=[[South End Press]] |year=1999 |page=113 |isbn=978-0-89608-285-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_edpSrtACq0C}}</ref>
* {{flag|Haiti}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flagu|India}}:<ref name="jones2009" /> 200 Galil Snipers bought in 2002.<ref name="SAS 2003 112">{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2003.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112154702/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2003.html |url-status=dead|archive-date=12 November 2010|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2003/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2003-Chapter-03-EN.pdf|chapter=Red Flags and Buicks: Global Firearms Stockpiles|title=Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2003|author=[[Small Arms Survey]]|page=112}}</ref> 
* {{flag|Indonesia}}: ''[[Kopaska|Komando Pasukan Katak]]'' (Kopaska) tactical diver group and ''[[Kopassus|Komando Pasukan Khusus]]'' (Kopassus) special forces group.<ref name="idnvojnik">{{cite web|url=http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/1612007/ind.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213152603/http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/1612007/ind.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-12-13 |title=Kopassus & Kopaska – Specijalne Postrojbe Republike Indonezije |language=hr |publisher=Hrvatski Vojnik Magazine |access-date=2010-06-12}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Italy}}: As of 2009, the Bernardelli Mod.377 VB-STD and the Bernardelli Mod.378 VB-SR are in the inventories of the [[Polizia di Stato|Italian National Police]], and are known to be deployed with the [[Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza|NOCS team]].<ref>[http://www.siulproma.com/pdf/circolari/2009/Circ._Armi_in_uso_alla_Polizia_di_Stato.pdf Italian Ministry of Interior – Decree n° 559/A/1/ORG/DIP.GP/14 of March 6, 2009, concerning weapons and equipment in use with the Italian National Police – in Italian] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716075641/http://www.siulproma.com/pdf/circolari/2009/Circ._Armi_in_uso_alla_Polizia_di_Stato.pdf |date=July 16, 2011 }} Retrieved on August 25, 2010.</ref>
* {{flag|Kenya}}: Galil Sniper rifle<ref name = 'Israel Africa'/><ref name="NMAA"/>
* {{flag|Lesotho}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Mexico}}: ''[[Secretariat of Public Security (Mexico)|Secretaría de Seguridad Pública]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sipse.com/noticias/7645-nuevo-armamento-para-cancun.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008210824/http://www.sipse.com/noticias/7645-nuevo-armamento-para-cancun.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 October 2011|title=Nuevo armamento para SSP de Cancún|author=Grupo SIPSE|work=sipse.com|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>
* {{flag|Montenegro}}: The Galil sniper used by the Montenegrin Special Police Unit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://specijalne-jedinice.com/Inostranstvo/Region/Posebna-jedinica-policije-Crne-Gore-PJP-English.html#sthash.ieh1ni3i.dpbs |title=Specijalne-jedinice.com &#124; Special Police Unit of the Republic of Montenegro |access-date=2018-08-22 |archive-date=2018-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213912/https://specijalne-jedinice.com/Inostranstvo/Region/Posebna-jedinica-policije-Crne-Gore-PJP-English.html#sthash.ieh1ni3i.dpbs |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flag|Myanmar}}: Made with assistance from Israeli weapon specialists as the MA series.<ref name="BSA">{{cite web |url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1154 |title=Burmese Small Arms Development |work=smallarmsreview.com |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715210629/http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1154 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Nepal}}: 2,000 Galils,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Legacies of War in the Company of Peace: Firearms in Nepal|journal=Nepal Issue Brief |issue=2 |date= May 2013|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/G-Issue-briefs/NAVA-IB2-Legacies-of-War.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225063835/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/G-Issue-briefs/NAVA-IB2-Legacies-of-War.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2014|page=5|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]}}</ref> used by Special forces and Ranger battalion.<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Nicaragua}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}: Galil sniper variant.<ref name=Alpers>{{cite book|last=Alpers|first=Philip|editor1-last=Karp|editor1-first=Aaron|title=The Politics of Destroying Surplus Small Arms: Inconspicuous Disarmament|date=2010|pages=168–169|publisher=Routledge Books|location=Abingdon-on-Thames|isbn=978-0-415-49461-8}}</ref>
* {{flag|Paraguay}}: Indumil-made Galils for the Fuerzas de Operaciones de Policias Especiales, SENAD (Drug Enforcement), and main rifle of the Paraguayan Police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=3986|title=Galile dla Paragwaju – Altair Agencja Lotnicza|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>
* {{flag|Peru}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Philippines}}: [[Philippine National Police]]-PNP Mobile Forces.<ref>https://dl.pnp.gov.ph/presentation-and-blessing-of-the-newly-procured-pnp-equipment/</ref> [[Special Action Force]]<ref name="jones2009" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bits.de/public/articles/kw_nl/kleinwaffen-nl04-08eng.htm |title=Rice Not Guns – German Arms in the Philippines|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>
* {{flag|Rwanda}}<ref name="jones2009" />
*{{flag|Sierra Leone}}: 112+ Galil AR acquired by the [[Sierra Leone Police]]<ref>{{cite web |title=World Infantry Weapons: Sierra Leone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203938/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_sierraleone |archive-date=24 November 2016|url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_sierraleone|date=2013}}{{self-published source|date=January 2019}}</ref>
* {{flag|Senegal}}: Galil sniper used by special forces<ref name="NMAA"/>
* {{flag|South Africa}}: Standard assault rifle of the [[South African National Defence Force]]. Produced under license in a modified form as the [[R4 assault rifle|R4]] by [[Denel Land Systems]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mil.za/equipment/weaponsystems/infantry/R4_R5%20Assault_Rifles.htm|title=home|access-date=25 October 2014|archive-date=17 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117150623/http://www.army.mil.za/equipment/weaponsystems/infantry/R4_R5%20Assault_Rifles.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Syrian National Coalition}}<ref name="Syrian opposition">{{cite web |title=Syrian War Trophies of the Russian Armed Forces |url=https://silahreport.com/2019/09/13/syrian-war-trophies-of-russian-armed-forces/ |website=Silah Report |access-date=23 April 2020 |date=12 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107160732/https://silahreport.com/2019/09/13/syrian-war-trophies-of-russian-armed-forces/|archive-date=November 7, 2022}}</ref>
* {{flag|Tanzania}}: Galil MAR version seen in use by Tanzanian special forces in the Congo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45535|title=United Nations News Centre|date=30 July 2013|work=UN News Service Section|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>
* {{flag|Thailand}}: Used in small numbers in Department of Corrections<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chaoprayanews.com/blog/yotin/2014/07/29/imi-galil-%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94-5-56-mm-%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3/|title=IMI GALIL ขนาด 5.56 mm ปืนเล็กกลจากอิสราเอลที่ใช้ในราชการกรมราชทัณฑ์ และ ขนาด 7.62 mm ปืนซุ่มยิงของกองทัพบก|work=chaoprayanews.com|access-date=2015-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725081229/http://chaoprayanews.com/blog/yotin/2014/07/29/imi-galil-%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94-5-56-mm-%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3 |archive-date=2017-07-25|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}.<ref name="jones2009" /> 
* {{flag|Tonga}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Capie |first=David |title=Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific |date=2004 |pages=68–69 |publisher=Victoria University Press |location=Wellington |isbn=978-0864734532}}</ref>
* {{flag|Uganda}}: Used by the ''Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence'' (CMI), and by the ''Presidential Guard Brigade'' (PGB), a division of the ''Special Forces Command'' (SFC), all within the [[Uganda People's Defence Force]] (UPDF).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/CMI-officers-arrested-over-Shs500m-robbery/-/688334/2711392/-/fwubrt/-/index.html |title=CMI Officers Arrested Over Shs500 Million Robbery |access-date=10 May 2015 |date=10 May 2015 |first=Frederic |last=Musisi |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] (Kampala) |archive-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235550/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/CMI-officers-arrested-over-Shs500m-robbery/-/688334/2711392/-/fwubrt/-/index.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagu|United States|size=23px}}: [[Ventura County Sheriff's Department]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/04/12/aks-among-u-s-police-departments/|title=AKs among U.S. Police Departments|date=April 16, 2016|access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>
* {{flag|Vietnam}}: Uses Galil ACE and Galil Sniper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baodatviet.vn/hinh-anh/201304/Bo-doi-Hai-quan-Viet-Nam-huan-luyen-2344875/?p=5|title=Bộ đội Hải quân Việt Nam luyện cùng vũ khí mới|access-date=25 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019014043/http://baodatviet.vn/hinh-anh/201304/Bo-doi-Hai-quan-Viet-Nam-huan-luyen-2344875/?p=5|archive-date=19 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Former users ===
* {{flag|Panama}}: Reportedly used by the defunct [[Panama Defense Forces]] 'UESAT' Anti-terrorism unit.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/090525/elite-fuerza-noriega| title = La Estrella De Panama| date = May 29, 2009| website = La Estrella De Panama| access-date = November 16, 2022}}</ref>
* {{flag|Portugal}}: 5.56mm AR and ARM versions were used by the [[Portuguese Army]] [[Portuguese Paratroopers|airborne infantry]] until 2019, when was replaced by [[FN SCAR]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/article/86993/fn-herstal-secures-significant-deal-in-portugal|title=Janes, Latest defence and security news|website=Janes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Walter |first=John |title=Rifles of the World |publisher=Krause |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-89689-241-5 |page=616}}</ref>

===Non-state actors===
* {{Flag|United States}}: [[Rajneeshpuram]] Peace Force.<ref>{{cite AV media| date = November 19, 2012| title = Rajneeshpuram| medium = Television| language = en| url = https://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregonexperience/segment/rajneeshpuram/| access-date = June 1, 2018| publisher = Oregon Public Broadcasting| archive-date = July 30, 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110306/https://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregonexperience/segment/rajneeshpuram/| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/rajneesh/index.ssf/1985/07/rajneeshees_establish_security.html|title=Rajneeshees establish security forces, large armory (part 10 of 20)|date=July 12, 1985|access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Bhagwan: The God That Failed|page=228|author=Hugh Milne|year=1987|isbn=0312001061|publisher=St Martin's Press}}</ref>