Silver Shadow Unveils a Production Ready Version of Gilboa Assault Pistol Rifle (APR)
In our coverage of last year’s event we unveiled the new Gilboa Assault Pistol Rifle (APR). This year, Silver Shadow is displaying a Production ready model APR, an ultra compact weapon designed specifically for close quarter combat, VIP protection and special forces and commanders; the APR will also offer an excellent survival weapon for helicopter aircrews, offering improved range, accuracy and lethality, compared to pistols.
Amos Golan, Silver Shadow CEO demonstrate the lightweight and compact Gilboa APR. Photo: Tamir Eshel, Defense Update
The overall length of the Gilboa APR is 398mm, (15.6″) and its loaded weight is 2.820 kg (including a full 30 round magazine). The chrome lined barrel is 165mm (6.5″) in length, firing 5.56×45 (M-855/SS-109) rounds. The handgun comes with four Mil-STD 1913 Accessory Rails (Picatiny) providing attachment options for a wide range of accessories.
The new patented design incorporates a combined gas and recoil spring actuating system integrated in the weapon’s body, a feature enabling the designers to optimize the foldable stock in terms of weight and ergonomics, allowing the shooter to employ the weapon in shoulder firing position. In fact, the APR remains fully operational with the stock completely detached. Compared to Bullpup designs the APR is claimed to offer lighter, smaller and safer performance, as the chamber position is maintained as far as possible from the shooter, contributing to safer operation. Other ergonomic elements include a pistol grip that comes with built-in storage compartment.
The overall length of the Gilboa APR is 398 mm (15.6") with 165mm (6.5") barrel. The loaded weight is 2.82 kg (including a full 30 round magazine). The Gilboa APR comes with four Mil-STD 1913 Accessory Rails (Picatiny) providing attachment options for a wide range of accessories. Photo: Tamir Eshel, Defense-Update
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at 17:53
Oviously not just a Tavor, but my experience is that most IAI weapons are based on earlier systems. A quick example is the UZI which is an improved 23/25 Check submachine and there are many others such as the Galil relationship to the Ak-47 series. My experience is that I greatly liked the UZI over the earlier Check counterpoints. The Galil was the best result that progression of the Ak series could produce and then I got my hands on a the SA Vektor R-4 version and liked that even more. I approve of Isrial doing its own even when better examples are out there such as some FN products as this protects then from the sways of public opinion in the West.
at 21:01
When you are talking about the Soviet, later Russian AK-47, later AK-74, please remember, that Kalashnikov was NOTHING MORE than only just an improved COPY of the Nazi Germany’s super-infantery weapon Sturm-Gewehr-44 (SG-44). Initially only slightly improved, because this Kolhoz-engeener Kalashnikov had the whole 6 years to work on this weapon, while Germans got it into production only in the very short 2 years, before WW2 ended. So was the IMI’s (now IWI’s) lifting it to the very next level of the brilliant performance – with IMI Galil 5,56 mm (now IWI ACE), and its copy (due to license), not at all better than the original – anyway, certainly not in any feature or capacity better than the current IWI’s ACE 5,56 mm – i.e. the South African Vector.
at 22:27
noel
I think the problem with small arms is just what can you do to make a pistol or a rifle totally new?
At the end of the day all guns are basically the same thing and totally new designs are rare and 99% of the time its usually about improving on earlier designs.
at 23:02
Yes, but here, even within the Israeli defense industries you have two totally different approaches: like the Nazi Germany’s SG-44 being modified & improved into the Soviet AK-47/AK-74, later IMI’s 5,56 mm Galil, later SA Vector, later still IWI’s 5,56 ACE – or this one here above (about which this whole article here is about!), i.e. the Silver Shadow’s GILBOA 5,56 mm APR, which is built around M-16′s main elements – but is beter — OR — a TOTALLY NEW design, like the IWI’s 5,56 mm / 9 mm TAVOR rifle, in its TAR-21, and in its other, diversified versions.
at 03:01
Nice for for close quarters.How Much does it cost.Is it full automatic? What kind of gun license would you need?
at 21:16
How come DoubleTapper got to shoot it and you didn’t? That DoubleTapper has the life baby!!
at 16:55
Tamir – IWI has just showed a totally new UZI. They call it UZI PRO 9 mm. However, it seems to be a totally NEW weapon, because its construction is based on closed-bolt principle, contrary to the “old” UZI’s open-bolt. So, the name “UZI” for this sub-machine pistol seems to be used by IWI rather for the marketing purposes mostly. Could you show, and describe this new IWI’s weapon in the Defense-Update?