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Israel Weapon Industries (IWI)

Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) is the modern Israeli small-arms manufacturer spun out of IMI in 2005 and now operating within SK Group. The company designs and produces rifles, machine guns, pistols, grenade launchers, suppressors, and accessories that anchor this catalog's IWI-linked entries.

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Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) is the current small-arms company that emerged from Israel Military Industries' privatized small-arms division in 2005. Official IWI pages describe the business as a leading Israeli firearms manufacturer within SK Group, serving military, law-enforcement, homeland-security, and commercial customers.

This catalog page gives the catalog a single place to explain the company behind the IWI-linked weapon records. The weapon pages carry the system-specific history and conflict use; the builder profile captures the industrial background, ownership context, and product families that make IWI a recurring catalog manufacturer.

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Notable Systems

IWI Tavor/X95 rifle family, Bullpup assault rifle family, Infantry Weapons

Tavor/X95 rifle family

Bullpup assault rifle family

IWI's flagship bullpup rifle family and one of the clearest modern product lines tied to the builder facet.

Negev machine gun family

IWI's light- and general-purpose machine-gun line, represented in the catalog by the Negev NG5 and NG7 families.

Galil ACE rifle family

The modern Galil line marketed by IWI for military and commercial users.

Manufacturer History

  1. IWI is spun out of IMI's small-arms division

    IWI's own history page and IWI US describe the company as born in 2005 when the Israeli government privatized IMI's small-arms business.

  2. IWI establishes a U.S. commercial factory

    IWI says it established a self-sustained factory for the commercial market in the United States in 2012.

  3. IWI expands commercial marketing in Europe

    IWI announced expansion of its semi-automatic weapon marketing into European commercial markets.

Predecessors
Israel Military Industries Ltd. (small-arms division / Magen division)
Subsidiaries
IWI US, Inc.
Website links
IWI homeAbout IWIIWI US Our StoryIWI commercial market

Official IWI pages use current branding alongside legacy small-arms history, and address references are split between Kiryat Gat and Ramat HaSharon, so the profile omits a headquarters map rather than guess.

Manufacturer Sources

  • IWI - Israel Weapon IndustriesPublisher: IWI | Note: Supports the current brand, product scope, and the statement that IWI is an SK Group member producing small arms for military, homeland-security, and commercial customers. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • About Israel Weapon IndustriesPublisher: IWI | Note: Supports the company's description as a long-running Israeli firearms manufacturer within SK Group and the product families named on the official about page. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • IWI US Our StoryPublisher: IWI US | Note: Supports the 2005 spin-off and privatization of IMI's small-arms division that created IWI. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • IWI commercial marketPublisher: IWI | Note: Supports the 2012 U.S. commercial factory milestone and the company's commercial-market expansion. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • IWI expands marketing to the European commercial marketPublisher: IWI | Note: Supports the 2019 commercial-market expansion into Europe and the company's international sales focus. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • IWI 3686.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance page for an IWI Public Relations Division photo of the Galil ACE, licensed under CC BY 4.0 for reuse. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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IWI Negev NG7 general-purpose machine gun, 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun, Infantry Weapons2023 Israel-Hamas WarIWI Negev NG7 general-purpose machine gun7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gunBuilt in: IsraelThe IWI Negev NG7 is Israel Weapon Industries' 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun, introduced in 2012 and built for belt-fed infantry fire support with semi-automatic mode and assault-drum compatibility. The family now includes shorter special-forces and lightweight ULMG configurations, India ordered 16,479 Negev 7.62 mm guns in 2020, and IDF imagery documents NG7 use in the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.
IWI Tavor/X95 rifle family, Bullpup assault rifle family, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2023 Israel-Hamas War +1 moreIWI Tavor/X95 rifle familyBullpup assault rifle familyBuilt in: IsraelThe IWI Tavor/X95 rifle family is Israel's compact bullpup service-rifle line, centered on the original TAR-21 and the later Micro-Tavor X95. IWI US describes the X95 as a multi-caliber, multi-length service carbine, while conflict evidence ties the family to Israeli use in Gaza, Ukrainian Fort-22-series rifles in the Russia-Ukraine War, and captured or diverted rifles in ISWAP media.
IWI Arad assault rifle, Modular assault and battle rifle family, Infantry Weapons2023 Israel-Hamas WarIWI Arad assault rifleModular assault and battle rifle familyBuilt in: Israel / PeruThe IWI Arad assault rifle is Israel Weapon Industries' modular AR-pattern rifle family, spanning the 5.56x45mm/.300 BLK ARAD and the 7.62x51mm/6.5 Creedmoor ARAD 7 line. Official IWI material describes short-stroke gas-piston operation, ambidextrous controls, quick-change barrels, and accessory rails, while government and defense-industry sources document Israeli procurement, Peruvian assembly, and reported ARAD-7 use by Israeli police and special-forces units during the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.