IWI Tavor
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- The IWI Tavor is a bullpup assault rifle.
- Long Stroke gas operated rotating bolt fire.
- Place of Origin: Israel
- Designed – 1995–2003
- In Service – 2001
- Designed By – Israel Weapon Industries (IWI)
- Manufactured By – Israel Weapon Industries (IWI)
- Effective firing range – 550 M.
- Feed System – 30 round detachable box.
- Rate of Fire – 750-900 RPM
- Weight – 3.19 Kg. To 3.67 Kg.
- 5.56 X 45MM NATO Calber with a Selective fire system, selecting between full automatic fire mode and semi auotmatic mode.
- Variants – IWI Tavor TAR 21, IWI Tavor GTAR 21, IWI Tavor CTAR 21, IWI Tavor STAR 21, IWI Tavor X95 (MTAR-21), IWI Tavor – 7,
- IWI Tavor TC – 21,
- Users – Angola, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cameron, Chad, Chile, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guatemala, Hoduras, India,
- Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nigeria, Nort Macedonia, Peru, Phillipines, Portugal, Rwanda, Senegal, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam, Zambia, etc.
- IWI announced that it was establishing a 49:51 joint venture with Punj Lloyd in India, in order manufacture rifle components in India.
- In India used by Special Forces e.g. Para Commandos, SPG, NSG, MARCOS, GARUD Commandos.
