Re: Worried Israel: Encircled by enemies again?
Do you even think before you post? 
So like I said before you think the Alexondroni brigade and Isreals other elite fighting units use M4 Carbines made by Japan? Yaar the Americans even arm Isreal with the best stuff 
Mate even India has top notch R&D as does every other country but most of Isreals R&D is heavily relient on the US for help…
Anyway this is not a new thing… back in 1948 Isreal beat the early Arab armies due to the fact they had the better left overs of WW2 german weaponry, in a straight fight the Arabs were using outdated Lee Enfield rifles while the Zionists had the FN rifle (supplied by Belgium) and the Mauser 98 and subsequent Krup/Mauser HK guns all supplied by Europe from left over German stuff that was still very good and much newer than what the Arabs had… So right from day one Isreal has relied on outside help. 
Like I said Isreal has produced some awesome native small arms and even heavy stuff but it is of mediocre quality and most of it has been stopped in production since they can buy US made stuff much easier. The Uzi is now a popular minigun for criminals but it is Isreals best known small arm, and yet compared to the Port Said submachine gun it is terribly outclassed.
The modern Galil 2 rifle is about as good as any other cheap assualt rifle and it is easily matched by the modified AK74U and AKM. The favoured rifle of IDF troops is the M4 due to it’s design and handling.