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Israel Weapon Industries

Israel Weapon Industries is Israel's current small-arms manufacturer within SK Group, producing rifles, machine guns, pistols, sniper systems, and computerized fire-control add-ons from Kiryat Gat.

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Israel Weapon Industries is the current IWI company that emerged from the Israeli small-arms spin-off path in 2005 and now operates from Kiryat Gat as part of SK Group. It provides the industrial context for IWI-branded rifles, machine guns, pistols, sniper systems, and computerized fire-control products represented in the catalog.

The manufacturer context is separate from weapon-level service history. Individual weapon pages carry any conflict-use notes, while this page explains IWI's ownership, headquarters, product families, and relationship to the earlier IMI small-arms lineage.

small armsassault riflesmachine gunspistolssniper riflescomputerized weapon systems

Notable Systems

Galil assault rifle, Selective-fire assault rifle family, Infantry Weapons

Galil assault rifle

Selective-fire assault rifle family

Core IWI-branded rifle lineage that anchors the catalog's Galil and Galil ACE entries.

Sources: IWI About, IWI Our Story
IWI Tavor/X95 rifle family, Bullpup assault rifle family, Infantry Weapons

Tavor / X95 rifle family

Bullpup assault rifle family

Bullpup rifle family that the official company pages list among IWI's flagship product lines.

Sources: IWI About, IWI Our Story
Arbel computerized fire-control weapon system, Computerized small-arms fire-control system, Infantry Weapons

Arbel computerized fire-control weapon system

Computerized small-arms fire-control system

IWI's computerized small-arms add-on line and a key example of the company's current development focus.

Sources: IWI About, IWI Arbel Brochure

Manufacturer History

  1. IWI is spun off from IMI's small-arms division

    IWI's U.S. company history page says the Israeli government spun off and privatized IMI's small-arms division in 2005, creating Israel Weapon Industries.

    Sources: IWI Our Story

  2. IWI US begins operations

    IWI US says it began operations in 2013 and brought commercial versions of the Tavor SAR to the U.S. market, extending the Israeli manufacturer's North American commercial and law-enforcement presence.

    Sources: IWI Our Story

  3. Arbel fire-control brochure released

    IWI's 2024 Arbel brochure presented a computerized small-arms fire-control system adaptable to Negev, Arad, AR-15, and other small-arms platforms, showing the company's shift beyond conventional firearms into electronic weapon-control add-ons.

    Sources: IWI Arbel Brochure

Subsidiaries
IWI US, Inc.
Website links
IWI homepageAbout IWIOur storyContact IWI

IWI's public history is layered with the earlier IMI small-arms lineage; this manufacturer context uses the current 2005 spinoff identity and leaves legacy IMI-era claims to the IMI Systems manufacturer page.

Manufacturer Sources

  • IWI AboutPublisher: IWI | Note: Supports the current company description, SK Group membership, product families, IDF collaboration, and the Kiryat Gat manufacturing context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IWI Contact UsPublisher: IWI | Note: Supports the Kiryat Gat headquarters and official contact details for Israel Weapon Industries. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IWI Our StoryPublisher: IWI US | Note: Supports the 2005 spin-off of IWI from IMI's small-arms division and the current company history framing. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IWI Arbel BrochurePublisher: IWI | Note: Supports the Arbel computerized weapon system and its role in IWI's current product line. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IWI ACE 52 on Wikimedia CommonsPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the reuse context for the official IWI public-relations Galil ACE image used on this manufacturer page under CC BY 4.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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IWI Negev NG5 light machine gun, 5.56×45mm NATO light machine gun, Infantry Weapons2001 War in Afghanistan, 2006 Lebanon War +1 moreIWI Negev NG5 light machine gun5.56×45mm NATO light machine gunBuilt in: IsraelThe IWI Negev NG5 is Israel's 5.56 NATO light machine gun, part of IWI's belt-fed Negev family and built around open-bolt selective fire with belt, drum, and STANAG magazine feeding. IWI's current series page groups it with the 7.62 NATO NG7 and special-forces variants, while source-backed service examples include Israeli wartime imagery and Georgian ISAF use in Afghanistan.
Galil assault rifle, Selective-fire assault rifle family, Infantry Weapons2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, 2016 Colombian FARC Dissident Conflict +1 moreGalil assault rifleSelective-fire assault rifle familyBuilt in: IsraelThe Galil is an Israeli Kalashnikov-derived assault rifle family originally produced by Israel Military Industries and later modernized by Israel Weapon Industries as the Galil ACE line. Recent conflict reporting places Galil or Galil ACE rifles in irregular small-arms stocks from the Lake Chad Basin to FARC dissident operations in Colombia and trafficked gang arsenals in Haiti, where they appear as portable infantry weapons rather than heavy support systems.