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IMBEL
Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil (IMBEL; ) is a Ministry of Defence quango, founded in 1975, which coordinates industrial activity related to the planning and production of war material through the transfer of technology and the financial and technical support of new military development. History Background The company has its roots from 1808, when the King of Portugal, Dom João VI, created the ''Real Fábrica de Pólvora'' (English: Royal Gunpowder Factory), established in the area where the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon Farm was located. In 1826 it was transferred to the city of Magé in the state of Rio de Janeiro, under the name of ''Real Fábrica de Pólvora da Estrela'' (English: Royal Gunpowder Factory of Estrela), by decree of the Emperor Pedro I. From 1939, it was restructured and renamed ''Fábrica da Estrela'' (English: Estrela Factory), functioning as a Military Organization of the Ministry of the Army until the creation of IMBEL in 1975. Foundation I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMBEL IA2
The IMBEL IA2 is a family of assault rifles and battle rifles, designed and manufactured in Brazil by IMBEL. It is designed to replace the FN FAL, FAL, M16 rifle, M16A2 and HK33 currently in service with the Brazilian Armed Forces. History The IMBEL IA2 was created by Lieutenant Colonel Paulo Augusto Capetti Rodrigues Porto of the Brazilian Armaments Industry (IMBEL), to replace FN FAL and its variants in the ranks of the Brazilian Army. After the Army realized that IMBEL MD97, IMBEL MD-97 could not meet the basic requirements to replace the FAL, IMBEL began to modernize the MD-97 project, but the simple modernization of the project, which used many FAL parts, was not enough to meet the needs of the Army. With this, the project of a totally new rifle began in 2012, initially named as ''MD-97 Mk.II'', not just a modernization of the MD-97, but a totally new rifle. It was unveiled in 2010, when it began to be tested in the Center of Evaluations of Army (CAEx), in the test fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
