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Performance

It performs well as an assault and a police rifle. The R4's effective range of 500 meters is more than sufficient, as standard soldiers rarely engage targets over 400 meters away. The R4 uses the smaller 5.56 x 45 mm cartridge rather than the R1 (FAL)'s 7.62 x 51 mm. Current military practice in much of the world is to use the large cartridges only in light machine guns and sniper rifles. The large cartridged R1 was almost uncontrollable in full automatic fire. U.S. Military 5. ... NATO 7. ...

A Member of the HNP SWAT armed with an R5

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Service

The R4 was initially in all the branches of the then South African Defence Force, which used the R4 in Namibia (then South West Africa), and raids into Angola and other neighbouring southern African countries, mostly during the Angolan Civil War. As part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), personnel of the SACMP (and also the Military Police Agency) are usually issued with the R4 Assault rifle. Other rifles the SANDF uses include the R5 and R6, which are shorter versions of the R4 rifle. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is the name of the armed forces of South Africa. ... South-West Africa is the former name (1884-1990) of Namibia under German (as German South-West Africa, Deutsch Süd-West Afrika) and (from 1915) South African administration when it was conqured from the Germans during World War I. Following the war, the Treaty of Versailles declared the territory... Combatants MPLA SWAPO Republic of Cuba U.S.S.R. AAF Mozambique[1] UNITA FNLA COMIRA Portugal Republic of South Africa Republic of Zaire U.S.A. France Commanders José Eduardo dos Santos Jonas Savimbi Casualties Civilians killed = hundreds of thousands The Angolan Civil War was a conflict that devastated... The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is the name of the armed forces of South Africa. ... The R5 assault rifle is, along with the R4, one of the primary assault rifles in use by the military of South Africa. ...

Variants

R5

A shortened version with shorted barrel and no bipod. It is favoured by police units, because of its more compact size. This version is similar to the shortened version of the Galil, called the SAR

R6

An uncommon and even shorter version than the already shortened R5. This version is similar to the shortest version of the Galil, called the MAR (for micro assault rifle).

LM4

Semi-automatic only version of the R-4 assault rifle, otherwise identical to the original. It was offered on the civilian market as a sporting weapon, and as a selfloading police patrol rifle.

LM5

Semi-automatic only version of the R-5 shortened assault rifle, otherwise identical to the original. It was offered on the civilian market as a sporting weapon, and as a selfloading police patrol carbine. New-manufacture models include a top Weaver rail for optics.

LM6

Semi-automatic only version of the R-6 shortened assault carbine, otherwise identical to the original. It was offered on the civilian market as a sporting weapon, and as a selfloading police patrol carbine. New-manufacture models include a top Weaver rail for optics.

See Also

• Zastava M21S Assault Rifle, based on the R4/R5.

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External links

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