The TAVOR

Claven2 said:
I love it! Is it ambi-ejection ported like the AUG?
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I'm 90% sure it is. I read it somewhere. If you look on the left side of the rifle, you'll see a cover on the reciever that's identical in size as the right ejection port. I guess you can remove it and cover the right ejection port to make it eject left.
 
it's really cool looking and all but for some reason I still like the AR over the AUG,SIG CQB,AK,XCR,Tavor...


Jamie
 
Speckfire said:
I'm 90% sure it is. I read it somewhere. If you look on the left side of the rifle, you'll see a cover on the reciever that's identical in size as the right ejection port. I guess you can remove it and cover the right ejection port to make it eject left.
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Make that 100%... http://world.guns.ru/assault/as30-e.htm

Technical description.
The Tavor TAR-21 is a gas operated, selective fire, magazine fed assault rifle of bullpup configuration. It is available in several configurations, which differ in the barrel lengths and accessories. The basic configuration is the TAR-21 assault rifle with the 460mm (18.1 in) barrel. Next are the compact assault rifle, called CTAR-21, with the barrel 380 mm (15 in) long, and the micro assault rifle, with the barrel of only 250 mm (10 in) long, called MTAR-21. The latter rifle also featured a redesigned front part of the housing, for a more comfortable hold of the short weapon.

TAR-21 utilizes a now-common long piston stroke, rotating bolt action, with the gas piston rigidly attached to the bolt carrier. Gas cylinder is located above the barrel and is completely enclosed by the gun housing. The rotating bolt is similar to one found in the M16 rifle and has seven lugs. The ejection ports are made on both sides of the weapon, and the right or the left side ejection can be selected by installing the bolt with the ejector mounted on the right or on the left, respectively (and, of cause, this change requires the gun to be partially disassembled). The bolt carrier rides on the single guide rod, with the return spring unit located above it, behind and inside the hollow gas piston rod. The charging handle is located at the front left side of the gun and does not reciprocate when gun is fired. The charging handle slots are cut on the both sides of the gun housing, so it can be installed on either side of the weapon, as required. The trigger unit is more or less conventional, with the ambidextrous fire mode selector / safety switch located above the pistol grip.

The TAR-21 has no separate receiver. Instead, all parts are mounted within the high impact-resistant plastic housing, reinforced with steel inserts where appropriate. The access to all the internal parts is controlled by the hinged buttplate, which can be swung down for internal inspection and disassembly.

TAR-21 has no open sights. It is fitted with the standard Picatinny-type accessory rail on the top of the gun. At the present time the standard sighting equipment for the TAR-21 series rifles (except for the STAR-21 sniper rifle) is the Israeli-made ITL MARS, a complicated and expensive reflex-type sight with the built-in laser pointer. For the night time operations the MARS could be complemented with the ITL Mini N/SEAS compact night vision device.

The TAR-21 utilizes the STANAG-compliant, M16 type magazines, with standard capacity of 30 rounds.

TAR-21 in its basic configuration can be fitted with 40mm M203 underbarrel grenade launcher.
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Strangeday said:
Clickitity Click Barba Trick!!!!

I guess the big question is does Canada Ammo sell any .223REM....:D
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I'm sure there are going to be more good surprises too :D
BTW any Tavors in Florida? :evil:
 
Looks fine...but can anybody tell me who took those pics?:D :evil: :p
I think it was...Canada...something?:D :evil: :p

Seriously though, I did see a piece on the Tavor on the Military Channel a while back. They had a former US military sniper hosting (I forget the show) and he actually went to Israel to check it out. He had no problem hitting a steel plate at 300M offhand using the stock rifle/sight.

While I'm not blown away by the esthetics of the rifle, I'm sure it'll prove as reliable as hell like the UZI, Galil, etc... (not counting the Desert Eagle!) and will be able to handle harsh operating climates.

With so much plastic used in the gun, however, I'm wondering how well it will stand up to a Canadian Winter when temps hit -50C below & a "hot" day when temps hit -20C below? Any issues with cracking, etc...

It should prove interesting to see how this design matures and if/when the Israelis phase out their M-16A2s & M4s in favor of the Tavor.
 
X-man said:
It should prove interesting to see how this design matures and if/when the Israelis phase out their M-16A2s & M4s in favor of the Tavor.
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Politics will not allow the M-16 and M4's to be phased out. They phased out the Galil for more M-16s and the Lavi jet for more F-16's
 
Agreed. The Israelis use the M16 family of rifles because they get them for free from the USA, along with logistics and support.

The Tavor, at best, will be a weapon that supplements the M16 in some units. If the sh!t ever hit the fan, the israelis couldn't produce Tavors as fast as the USA can ship them thousands of new 16's. As such, the Army will continue to train with the good old American Rifle for years to come.
 
The name of the Show was Future Weapons or something like that. I saw that episode also. God damn that is one ugly sucker!

Great work on bringing it in!!!!
 
X-man said:
With so much plastic used in the gun, however, I'm wondering how well it will stand up to a Canadian Winter when temps hit -50C below & a "hot" day when temps hit -20C below? Any issues with cracking, etc...
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We in B.C. doesn't have that problem. More like too hot weather and too high humidity. BTW, I read somewhere that Tavor is waterproof. Is that true?
 
imagine_74714 said:
We in B.C. doesn't have that problem. More like too hot weather and too high humidity. BTW, I read somewhere that Tavor is waterproof. Is that true?
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The sight is waterproof, so yes the gun is too. I pity the soldier that is issued a gun than can't take swim.
 
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