IMBEL’s first 5.56x45mm rifle attempt

By Ronaldo Olive

Prior to having its 5.56x45mm IA2 rifle developed, field-tested, approved and officially adopted (2011-2015 period, approximately) by the Exército Brasileiro (Brazilian Army), IMBEL – Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil took a long way to cover this evolutionary path. The whole thing can be traced back to the mid-1930s, when the Army’s Fábrica de Itajubá […]

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