Tavor

🇮🇱Israel
Israel Weapon Industries
2001 – Present
Overview
Tavor
The IWI Tavor is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO, designed and produced by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). It is part of the Tavor family of rifles, which have spawned many derivatives of the original design.
Specifications

General

ActionLong-stroke gas-operated, closed rotating bolt
Caliber5.56x45mm NATO
Length Mm720 mm
Weight Kg3.27 kg
Rate Of Fire Rpm750 rounds/min
Magazine Capacity30
Research Notes

Israeli bullpup family replacing conventional infantry rifles

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The Tavor family was developed around a compact bullpup layout intended for modern infantry, urban operations, and mechanized troops. Moving the action behind the trigger preserves barrel length while shortening overall weapon length, which is useful in vehicles and close terrain.

Modular layout across rifle, carbine, and specialist variants

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Tavor variants cover standard assault-rifle, compact carbine, and designated marksman configurations, with the X95/Micro-Tavor direction emphasizing even greater compactness and caliber flexibility. The family is built around optics-ready use, polymer construction, and ambidextrous-friendly controls.

Important Israeli service rifle with export visibility

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The Tavor is significant because it moved from domestic Israeli requirements into international service and licensed or export interest. Its database entry should represent a weapon family rather than a single fixed model, since TAR-21, CTAR, STAR, and X95 variants differ in barrel length and role.

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