Talk:IWI Galil ACE

The original Galil Rifle was designed in Israel, but this version, the "Galil ACE" was completely designed and produced in Colombia, using some specification of the original rifle, but with new technologies and a new design. You can make a fast search on Google, and you will find that this rifle was developed and is manufactured in Colombia. The same way Indumil still make the old version of the rifle, the "Galil SAR". I were in the Colombian army, that's why I can be sure of the information. Also, you can read this article on the official INDUMIL Website (In spanish) Nuevo Fusil Galil ACE --Geekntwar (talk) 08:21, 13 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

No, I am Colombian and I would love to say that this is true but no, there is a lot of confusion about this rifle The IWI GALIL ACE was initially produced and manufactured in Israel as an improvement of the galil ar with Israeli labor and Israeli ingenuity, the version manufactured in Colombia has some changes regarding weight and materials which would make it a different version the Galil ACE is Israeli. And just as you mention the pages of indumil I recommend you visit the pages of IWI where you can see more information UN LATINO MAS (talk) 22:55, 16 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Nonsense, the rifle is designed and primarily manufactured by IWI which is an Israeli company. It's only manufactured under license by INDUMIL. There are similar set ups like that, for instance the Tavor Zittara which is manufactured in India and chambered in their 5.56X30mm round. AvihooI (talk) 08:46, 25 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Currently there is no picture for the galil ace and the link to the picture reveals a missing file. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shahar333 (talk • contribs) 23:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

Based on this article: https://www.indumil.gov.co/noticia/galil-el-israelita-mas-colombiano/ (in Spanish) and experience in contact with the colombian army forces, I modified the origin due to missunderstood with this rifle. The classic Galil is 100% Israeli, but the ACE family was a design of colombian engineers from INDUMIL who take the classic Galil and modify it to create the ACE because IWI gave INDUMIL the technology transfer of the GALIL and they redesigned to equip the colombian army forces, so its true origin was in Colombia not Israel; the reason is because IWI left to produce the clasic Galil long time ago, only Indumil manufacture it until now. Sahrscorp (talk) 15:36, 3 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

That is considered a primary source, understandably biased towards the product. Personal experience is considered Original Research, and not allowed on WP. Please provide reliable, published secondary sources for this claim. Also, do not add flags to the infobox per WP:INFOBOXFLAG. - BilCat (talk) 20:26, 14 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

BilCat RadiculousJ ok, left aside my experience, but my sources are reliable, however, all of them are in Spanish, I dont understand jewish so I dont know how many reliables articles of IWI Official exist (maybe, you can help me to compile information). But I think the OFFICIAL Website of INDUMIL (Colombian national weapon factory), is a totaly reliable source meanwhile I keep looking for IWI sources about the ACE origin but they always show 404 error (you know what its mean). I'm gonna put another external link (in Spanish), please translate it, so you can reconsider my changes because WP lose credibility. Sahrscorp (talk) 02:49, 18 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Something of an aside, but I assume by "jewish" you mean Hebrew? Not that it is a problem, as all the official IWI sources I've ever seen are in English (I would assume they also publish Hebrew versions, but I can't find any).

Anyway, Wikipedia requires a reliable secondary source to confirm that the ACE is in fact Colombian or Colombian-Israeli, rather than just Israeli. I have never read anything indicating anything other than it being developed and originally produced by Israel Military Industries.

I would also personally not be surprised if a state-owned company were to overstate its role in the development of its country's shiny new service rifle, though I can't find anything on Wikipedia's policy towards state-owned sources. Don't know if BilCat knows more than I on that one?

Without getting funny about it, I also asked you to add any new sources here first. I have removed them from the article and added them here:

• About the rifle design (Spanish)
• About the project (Spanish)

Also, your new source is from the same website of the same company. Without being rude, I don't quite understand how you think that a different page from the same source is going to change my (or BilCat's) mind.

One last thing; I don't appreciate what appears to me to be pseudo-blackmail about the credibility of Wikipedia. And one article is highly unlikely to tarnish the reputation of an entire (rather large) website? Thanks, RadiculousJ (talk) 16:11, 18 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Is funny because Indumil in Colombia is like IWI in Israel, so casting doubt on Indumil's reputation, it's as if the IWI sources were not worth either. I'm not trying to blackmail, much less, but I'll ask you just one thing: show me a reliable source where it says that that rifle was a 100% Israeli development, and why it is not in the article? Where is the secondary reliable sources about its origin by IWI?. I also do not agree to delete the external links of the main article, since the information that appears there is completely valid, just translate it. Sahrscorp (talk) 17:33, 18 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

For starters, Israel Weapon Industries is not, and has never been, state-owned; as explained in its Wiki article, Israel Weapon Industries was created when the Magen division of Israel Military Industries was privatised. The Magen division was responsible for small arms development; as such, Israel Military Industries, which is still owned by the State of Israel, no longer develops or manufactures any hand-held firearms. So in short, no, IWI is not like Indumil, as far as their relation to their respective countries.

Second; if the development of the ACE involved any company other than IMI, it would be reasonable to assume that at least one or two well-known and reliable secondary sources would have mentioned it, but, as I said, I've never come across any article about the ACE saying so. Numerous sources used in the article mention, in one form or another, that it was developed and/or manufactured by IMI (or, slightly incorrectly, IWI), without any mention of any other company, from any country. RadiculousJ (talk) 20:09, 18 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Indumil was founded by the goverment but it is an autonomous entity, but I think it should not be an impediment to assert that they are not valid. Or else, half of the WP articles should be deleted. You are practically assuring that the ones of Indumil are liars. Man, it's simple common sense, many of the references asserting that the ACE is completely Israeli, is because they are based on this article of WP, or for the simple fact that the new ACE is based on the old Galil AR, but there are no reliable sources, IWI discontinued the Galil long ago and the only ones who manufactured and used it were the Colombian army, even, the ACE never reached the Israeli military because IWI was focused on developing the Tavor, who else knew that rifle completely and for so many years more than the Colombian army? IWI only gave permission to Indumil, by technological transfer, to modify the old galil and thus created the ACE family. So I have to insist, show me a reliable source that says the ACE is 100% IWI ?. Because you would be incurring the same problem that you are discussing with me. Sahrscorp (talk) 23:22, 18 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

I found more sources, but all of them are in spanish:

• Growth of Colombian Military Industry
• Colombian Militar Industry Consumers
• New rifle with Colombian seal
• Indumil Galil ACE Sahrscorp (talk) 05:13, 20 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Although I have left it in for now, I can find no evidence that there is an "ACE-N 23"; notable, it doesn't appear on IWIs website, nor can I find anything about it anywhere else. RadiculousJ (talk) 23:03, 7 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

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This article talks about the first ACEs, and they was made in Colombia. https://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=4 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.155.141.84 (talk) 17:27, 26 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

The sources here present are from the National Ministry of the Republic of Colombia and are given by the Indumil State Company.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indumil_Galil_C%C3%B3rdova https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indumil_Galil_ACE

INDUMIL is the manufacturer and creator of the ACE rifle, IWI is the business partner and distributor of the ACE rifle, DO NOT MISTAKE ONE WITH THE OTHER.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_geyeAFnqiU&t=223s — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.60.44.183 (talk) 02:02, 6 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

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the infobox has four different calibers but in the beginning of the article it says that the weapon is produced in three different calibers. Which information is right? Minilammas (talk) 17:12, 13 April 2024 (UTC)Reply