May 29, 2017 · Here’s a brief account of the SMGs that were built and tested by IMBEL in the late-1970s/early-1980s period. The first physical result received the in-house designation …

Nov 8, 2017 · Before being incorporated by the IMBEL conglomerate in 1975, Brazilian Army’s Itajubá Factory was mainly involved in the license manufacture of 7.62x51mm FAL (aka M964) …

During the 1970s, Brazil’s Fábrica de Itajubá (Itajubá Factory), part of the Government-owned IMBEL – Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil S.A. conglomerate, investigated a number of …

Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil[3] (IMBEL; English: Brazilian War Material Industry[4][3]) is a Ministry of Defence quango, founded in 1975, which coordinates industrial activity related to …

The IMBEL MD series (MD-1, MD-2, MD-3 and the recent MD-4) of assault rifles are the standard-issue rifles of the Brazilian Army.

The IA2 assault rifle, designed and built in Brazil by IMBEL, is designed to replace the FAL, M16A2 and HK33 currently in service with the Brazilian Armed Forces.

Apr 1, 2002 · Imbel used the MD prefix for various weapons including pistols, rifles and subguns, can be confusing sometimes. The 5.56mm MD2 and MD3 series is the Fal chambered for the …

Nov 9, 2017 · In 1978, three years after Brazilian Army’s Fábrica de Itajubá (Itajubá Factory) had become part of the IMBEL – Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil conglomerate, the unit’s …

Catalog of military and civilian small arms belonging to IMBEL. This listing allows you to trace back a particular company's history in reverse-chronological order. There are a total of entries …

Oct 6, 2017 · Captain Capetti's first (top) and second SMTR .40 IMBEL MD1 prototypes shared much of the general configuration, but the use of a polymer lower receiver was a major …