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19-693: The Z111 Factory was built in 1957, and was originally called "Z1 Factory". A part of this factory named Factory 1 was built by the Israeli firearms company, Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) . It is wholly owned by the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence , and the factory produces arms for the People's Army of Vietnam . Built in 1957 under the name "Z1 Factory", the factory became a cradle of the small arms industry in Vietnam. Z1 factory specialized in producing small arms for

38-468: A grant of $ 525 million from the Israeli government to build the plant. In February 2006, the cornerstone was laid for Intel's second Kiryat Gat plant, Fab 28. Despite this, Kiryat Gat has one of Israel's highest unemployment rates. In 2021, Intel announced a $ 10 billion investment in new manufacturing in Kiryat Gat. The headquarters and small-arms (guns) manufacturing facility of Israeli Weapons Industries

57-561: A population of 64,437. The city hosts one of the most advanced semiconductor fabrication plants in the world, Intel 's Fab 28 plant producing 7 nm process chips. Kiryat Gat is named for Gath , one of the five major cities of the Philistines . In Hebrew, "gat" means "winepress". In the 1950s, archaeologists found ruins at a nearby tell ( Tel Erani ) which were mistaken for the Philistine city of Gath. The location most favored for Gath now

76-495: Is Tel es-Safi , thirteen kilometers (8.1 miles) to the northeast. Kiryat Gat was founded in 1954, initially as a ma'abara . The following year it was established as a development town by 18 families from Morocco . It was founded just west of the ruins of the Palestinian Arab village of Iraq al-Manshiyya , which was ethnically cleansed in 1949 after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War . The former location of Iraq al-Manshiyya

95-548: Is now located in Kiryat Gat. Kiryat Gat is served by the Kiryat Gat Railway Station on the Tel Aviv - Be'er Sheva inter-city line of Israel Railways . Kiryat Gat is situated between two major highways, Highway 40 to the west of the town and Highway 6 . Kiryat Gat has 25 schools with an enrollment of 10,676. Of these schools, 18 are elementary schools with a student population of 5,498, and 13 are high schools with

114-512: Is now within the built-up area of Kiryat Gat. By 1992, Kiryat Gat had grown and spread also onto the land that formerly belonged to the village of Al-Faluja . The population of Kiryat Gat rose from 4,400 inhabitants in 1958 to 17,000 in 1969, mostly Jewish immigrants from North Africa . The economy was initially based on processing the agricultural produce of the Lachish region, such as cotton and wool. In December 1972, Kiryat Gat's municipal status

133-503: The IWI ACE under license. Production was made in a joint production facility. An improved version of the K-54 pistol is locally produced under the name of "K14-VN". They are upgraded with an increased capacity of 13 rounds, and a wider grip to incorporate a double stack magazine . Research and development started in 2001. The K14-VN began to see service with PAVN forces on May 10, 2014. In 2015,

152-729: The Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) in New York City , which offers a classroom-based MA degree in Public Administration, Emergency Management, and Homeland Security. Kiryat Gat Kiryat Gat , also spelled Qiryat Gat ( Hebrew : קִרְיַת גַּת ), is a city in the Southern District of Israel . It lies 56 km (35 miles) south of Tel Aviv , 43 km (27 mi) north of Beersheba , and 68 km (42 mi) west southwest of Jerusalem . In 2022 it had

171-887: The Vietnam People's Army during the Vietnam War, and created locally modified firearms for its army, such as the K-50M submachine gun based on the PPSh-41 and MAT-49 . One of the weapons to come from the Z111 Factory is the M18, reconditioned since 2010 from XM177E2s seized during the Vietnam War. They are known to be used by Vietnamese special forces personnel and officers from the Vietnam Coast Guard due to its compact size. On February 3, 2014, IWI entered into an agreement with Vietnam to produce

190-629: The Magen division of the Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI), is an Israeli firearms manufacturer. It was founded in 1933. Formerly owned by the State of Israel , the Small Arms Division of IMI was privatized and renamed IWI in 2005. IWI is one of the world's most famous and bestselling military arms manufacturers. The Magen division rose to international prominence in the 1950s, as

209-460: The Z111 Factory announced that they would produce the new STL-1A rifle. This would mainly be done through converting and upgrading the old AKMs under the new name, but they would also produce entirely new STL-1A rifles. The updated rifle included new polymer handguards, a folding buttstock, a new ergonomic pistol grip, and an updated muzzle brake similar to those found on the AK-74 . A notable change

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228-542: The creator of the Uzi , of which over 10 million would be produced, netting billions of dollars for the company. Subsequent well known military exports have included the Jericho 941 semi-automatic pistol , Negev light machine gun , Galil assault rifle , Tavor assault rifle , and the DAN .338 sniper rifle . IWI develops and manufactures guns used by armies and law enforcement agencies around

247-449: The manufacture of weapons for local markets. In India, IWI is establishing a joint-manufacturing center with Punj Lloyd (with IWI owning 49% of the plant, and Punj Lloyd owning 51% of the plant), which will be India's first privately-owned small-arms manufacturing plant. The factory will manufacture firearms for the Indian army. IWI said in 2017, that it expects tenders with the Indian army in

266-759: The new STV rifles , the STV-215 and the STV-380. Both of them were designated to be the new standard-issue rifles for the Vietnam People's Army . IWI Jericho 941 pistols were also reported being manufactured. In 2020, the factory revealed two more variants of the STV rifles, called the STV-410 and the STV-416. There are rumors that production has ceased in favor of the new Vietnamese-designed STV rifles . T-40 Israel Weapon Industries Israel Weapon Industries ( IWI ), formerly

285-660: The region of $ 200–300 million. IWI also operates a manufacturing facility in Middletown, Pennsylvania USA . They locally manufacture the Zion-15 , Tavor and Galil rifles, TS12 15+1 round semi-automatic shotgun as well as the Jericho, Masada and Galil pistols, among others. IWI offers anti-terrorism training to Israeli citizens and contracts its services to outside countries requiring security training and anti-terror training to protect assets and high-ranking officials. IWI collaborates with

304-778: The world. For many decades, IWI and the Magen division of Israeli Military Industries before it, has manufactured its weapons in Ramat HaSharon . The factory has for many years been regarded an important component of the manufacturing sector in Ramat HaSharon. In 2017, IWI announced it is planning to construct a new factory in Kiryat Gat , to which its manufacturing will re-locate when completed in 2020. The new Kiryat Gat factory, whose construction will cost NIS 180 million, will employ 560 full-time production workers and engineers on its assembly lines. IWI owns several factories overseas, for

323-416: Was populated mainly by Jews of Sephardi / Mizrahi origin. Since the mass immigration of Soviet Jews , approximately one third of the inhabitants hail from the former Soviet Union . The Polgat textile factory was the main employer in the town until it closed in the 1990s. In 1999, Intel opened a chip fabrication plant , known as Fab 18, to produce Pentium 4 chips and flash memories . Intel received

342-510: Was that it also allowed the use of M203 grenade launchers that are also being produced in Vietnam, replacing the GP-25/GP-34 grenade launchers on the original AKMs. The rifle, however, still uses the dovetail side-mount for attaching sights. Overall, the rifle highly resembles an AK-103 . In January 2018, the OSV-96 was reported to be made under license in Vietnam. In 2019, the factory revealed

361-497: Was upgraded and it became Israel's 31st city. During the 1990s, the mass immigration of Soviet Jews to Israel brought many new residents to the town and its population grew to 42,500 by 1995. The development of the Rabin industrial zone on the eastern edge of the city, and the opening of Highway 6 further improved the economy of the city. In 2012, the ethnic makeup of the city was 93.8 percent Jewish . In its early years, Kiryat Gat

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