death_date death_place religion birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
09 march 1995 giv ` atayim , israel jewish mandatory palestine yisrael galili 01 january 1923 yisrael galil
 yisrael galili weapons designer
yisrael galil

yisrael galil -lrb- balashnikov -rrb- -lrb- 1923 -- march 9 , 1995 -rrb- , is best known for inventing the galil assault rifle .
he also helped create the uzi submachine gun .
he was known in the military by the nickname ` father of the rifle ' .
