Editing Vektor R4 (section)

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{{Infobox weapon
| name               = R4 rifle
| image              = VektorR4.png
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = Vektor R4 at the [[South African National Museum of Military History]]
| origin             = South Africa  <!-- Do not put a flag in here - see WP:INFOBOXFLAG -->
| type               = [[Assault rifle]]
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged          = Yes
<!-- Service history -->| service            = 1980–present<ref name="Westwood">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLBTkNZ8U44C|page=392|title=Rifles: an illustrated history of their impact|author=Dr. David Westwood|isbn=1-85109-401-6|year=2005|publisher=ABC-CLIO}}</ref><ref name="Walter"/>
| used_by            = See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
| wars               = {{ubl|[[South African Border War]]|[[Rwandan Civil War]]|[[1994 Bophuthatswana crisis|Bophuthatswana crisis]]|[[Burundian Civil War]]|[[Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–99)]]{{sfn|Small Arms Survey 2003|p=267}}|[[Kivu conflict]]|[[Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present)|Central African Republic conflict]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Final report of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to Security Council resolution 2262 (2016)|date=5 December 2016|url=https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/s_2016_1032.pdf|pages=32&48}}</ref>}}[[Insurgency in Cabo Delgado]] [[Banjska attack]]<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=war_noir |number=1706323902291456209 |title=More photos of the captured weapons in #Zvečan (#Mitrovica) |date=2023-09-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926191243/https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1706323902291456209|archive-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>

<!-- Production history -->| designer           = [[Yisrael Galili (inventor)|Yisrael Galili]] of [[Israel Military Industries]]<ref name="Walter">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eq2Dnj4sDZIC|pages=139–141|title=Rifles of the World|author=Jonh Walter|publisher=Krause Publications|year=2006|isbn=0-89689-241-7}}</ref>{{efn|Minor adaptions were made to the original Israeli Galil design by Lyttelton Engineering Works.}}
| design_date        = Late 1970's early 1980's<ref name="Walter"/>
| manufacturer       = Lyttelton Engineering Works, now [[Denel Land Systems]]
| production_date    = 
| number             = 420,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Denel Showcases a 21st Century R4 Assault Rifle at AAD|url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9747:denel-showcases-a-21st-century-r4-assault-rifle-at-aad&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105 |first=Leon|last=Engelbrect|date=24 September 2010|access-date=21 July 2012|publisher=Defence Web}}</ref>
| variants           = R5, R6, LM4, LM5, LM6
<!-- General specifications -->| weight             = {{convert|4.3|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}}<ref name=Jane98>{{cite book|last=Gander|first=Terry|title=Jane's Infantry Weapons, 1997-98|date=1997|pages=173–174|publisher=Jane's Information Group|location=Surrey|isbn=0-7106-1548-5}}</ref>
| length             = {{convert|877|mm|in|abbr=on}}<small> with stock extended</small><ref name=Jane98/>
| part_length        = {{convert|460|mm|in|abbr=on}}<ref name=Jane98/>
| width              = 
| height             = 
| diameter           = <!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| cartridge          = [[5.56×45mm NATO]]<ref name=Jane98/>
| action             = [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]] ([[rotating bolt]])<ref name=Jane98/>
| rate               = 600-750 rounds/min<ref name=Jane98/>
| velocity           = {{convert|980|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name=Jane98/>
| range              = {{convert|500|m|yd|abbr=on}}<ref name=Jane98/>
| max_range          = 
| feed               = 35-round [[Magazine (firearms)#Box|detachable magazine]]<ref name=Jane98/>
| sights             = Flip up aperture rear sight graduated for 300 and 500 meters<ref name=Jane98/>
}}

The '''Vektor R4''' is a South African [[5.56×45mm NATO|5.56×45mm]] [[assault rifle]].<ref name=Tilstra>{{cite book|last=Tilstra|first=Russell|title=Small Arms For Urban Combat|date=2011|pages=77–78|publisher=McFarland Press|location=Jefferson|isbn=978-0786465231}}</ref>