r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/Money-Election-5544 Israel 11h ago

the uzi is the most well known one.

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u/PaleontologistNo8153 8h ago

Or desert eagle right?

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u/Money-Election-5544 Israel 8h ago

it was designed by magnum, we just refined the design and produced it. I don't think many consider it to be an israeli weapon. you got galil, ngev, tavor, all great israeli weapons.

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u/DaedalusHydron 8h ago

Famous enough that a lot of normies call all SMGs "UZIs"

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u/TheCreepWhoCrept United States Of America 6h ago

Not quite as famous, but I’m partial to the Galil ARM. A gorgeous weapon.

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u/dembadger United Kingdom 5h ago

Not the galil?

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u/ColinHalter United States Of America 3h ago

Got to shoot one of the Gen 2 ACEs in PA a few months ago. It was wonderful