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It is based on the Israeli Galil rifle, which in turn was based on the Finnish Valmet Rk 62, a copy of the Russian AK-47 assault rifle.
The R5 operates in semi-automatic, safety and fully automatic firing modes and fires 5.56x45 mm rounds. It is manufactured by Vektor, a division of Denel Ltd.