Israel’s Homeland Security Different cultures, different customs, or so the saying goes. The saying also apparently applies to rifle preferences for the world’s militaries, as the map illustrates.
According to Gizmodo the map seems to group weapons that are of a similar family together by color. Obviously, there are many, many more types of rifles than the ones shown on the map, but as Gizmodo notes, the “map gives a general gist of each military’s standardization.”
IHLS – Israel Homeland Security
And here are a few of the more popular rifles referenced in the map:
M4 – Wikimedia Commons
R4 – Wikimedia Commons
INSAS – Wikimedia Commons
QBZ 95 – Wikimedia Commons
F88 Austeyr – Wikimedia Commons
![14 - G36 - hk-usa[dot]com](https://i0.wp.com/i-hls.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/14-G36-hk-usadotcom.jpg)
G36 – hk-usa.com
M96 – Wikimedia Commons
C7 – Wikimedia Commons
FX-05 – Wikimedia Commons
Galil – Wikimedia Commons
FAL – Wikimedia Commons
AK47 – Wikimedia Commons
SG-540 – Wikimedia Commons
IMBEL MD2 – Wikimedia Commons
FAMAS – Wikimedia Commons
M16 – Wikimedia Commons
SA80 – Wikimedia Commons