The IWI Tavor, originally fielded as the Tavor TAR-21, is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO and produced by Israel Weapon Industries. Built around a long stroke gas piston system, it was designed through the 1990s and early 2000s to be reliable, durable and easy to maintain under harsh battlefield conditions. In 2009 a compact variant, the Tavor X95, was selected by the Israel Defense Forces to gradually replace the M16 and M4 as the standard rifle of Israeli infantry. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Wikipedia: IWI Tavor
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1. Wikidata: Tavor TAR-21
Wikidata Q458763, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Wikipedia: IWI Tavor
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Bullpup assault rifle
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2001
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service = 2001-present
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The IWI Tavor, originally fielded as the Tavor TAR-21, is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO and produced by Israel Weapon Industries.
- Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, infobox wars field: 'Russo-Ukrainian War'
Operated By: Israeli Defense Forces, Wikipedia article text
In 2009, the Tavor X95 (also known as the Micro Tavor or MTAR) was selected by the Israel Defense Forces to gradually replace the M16 assault rifle and M4 carbine variants as the standard-issued weapon of the Israeli infantry by the end of 2018.
View the SourceTavor TAR-21 assault rifle, Modern Firearms
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gas operated, selective fire, magazine fed assault rifle of bullpup configuration
Wikipedia: Tavor TAR-21
WikipediaCaliber attribute (tavor-tar-21)Quote, Caliber attribute (tavor-tar-21)
Chambered primarily in 5.56x45mm NATO, the Tavor family was expanded into the improved X95 variant, which the Israel Defense Forces selected as its standard infantry rifle in 2009, and the design has since been adopted or license-produced by several other countries' armed forces.
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