Know Your Enemy: Tavor TAR-21 Assault Rifle

[SPECTEC]

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[Wimpy]

I noticed that the TAR-21 is made for 300 Meters or Less,...good to know.  Pick em off at 400 yards.

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

The curve of adoption of this semi-auto appears to correspond to the countries that have been "Jew'd" over to some extent, IMHO... a lot of the buyers of late have used "forces" against civilians to some extent...:

Variants

The Tavor assault rifle comes in different variations:[2]

    * TAR-21 - standard version intended for multirole infantry.
          o GTAR-21 - standard version with notched barrel, to accept a M203 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher.
    * CTAR-21 - compact short barrel version intended for commandos and special forces.
    * STAR-21 - designated marksman version with folding under-barrel bipod and Trijicon ACOG 4x magnification sight.
    * MTAR-21 - see below.
          o Zittara - Indian locally produced version of the MTAR-21 Micro Tavor modified to use the local 5.56x30mm MINSAS cartridge.

 Micro Tavor
The Micro Tavor (MTAR), fitted with a Kimber Mepro reflex sight.

The Micro Tavor (MTAR-21), also designated X-95 and sometimes called Tavor-2, is a stand-alone extremely compact weapon specifically designed for special forces units, as well as military personnel who are normally not issued long assault rifles.

With the use of a relatively simple conversion kit, the MTAR-21 can be converted from a 5.56 mm assault rifle to a 9 mm submachine gun loaded with 20, 25, and 32-round magazines. A suppressor can also be added to the weapon, it is part of the 9 mm conversion kit. An integrated grenade launcher is currently being developed for the Micro Tavor. In November 2009, the Micro Tavor was selected as the future standard infantry weapon of the IDF, ahead of all other forms of Tavor.[3]

Semi-automatic

The semi-automatic Tavor Carbine (TC-21) has been conceived for civilian customers, and as a police patrol carbine for those countries, or law enforcement agencies, where full-automatic firearms are issued only to SWAT-like units. A semi-automatic Tavor carbine was first seen at the 2002 SHOT Show, when agreements were announced between IMI and the Barrett Firearms Company to manufacture the Tavor in both its military and civilian variants in the United States.[4] This was probably done in order to allow Israel to procure the Tavor using United States military aid money, since, according to American military assistance agreements, said funds must be spent to purchase US-manufactured equipments. The agreement between IMI and Barrett was never finalized, and the semi-automatic Tavor carbine as shown at the 2002 SHOT Show was never manufactured, although that specific design has recently resurfaced. The current Tavor Carbine, made in Israel by IWI, has been designed with slightly shortened barrel, otherwise being identical to the standard TAR-21 assault rifle. As of 2008, it is available for civilian customers to purchase in Canada.[5] The Canadian civilian version comes standard with the Mepro reflex sight and a slightly longer barrel to meet the Canadian requirement for non-restricted semi-automatic centerfire rifles to have a barrel length of at least 470 millimetres. There was a report by Charles Daly President Micheal Kassnar that plans were being made to import, or at least partially build, the Tavor in the United States, which was released through the Charles Daly forums.[6] However, since that time Charles Daly has gone out of business and the prospect of the sale of a semi-automatic version of the Tavor for the American civilian market is currently in question.

Users

IMI Tavor TAR-21 Operators

    *  Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan purchased a number of TAR-21 for the special operations forces of the Azerbaijani Army in August 2008.[7]
    *  Brazil: Taurus, the local firearms manufacturer, produces the Tavor rifles under license for the national market and offers this weapon to the Brazilian Army.[8]
    *  Colombia: The Colombian Army operates the TAR-21 for their special forces Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas.[9]
    *  Georgia: Since 2001, the Georgian Army has entered into a $65 million supply agreement for approximately 7,000 TAR-21 rifles (including different variants and grenade launchers). Uses all TAR-21 variants.[10]. The rifle was first revealed to the public during a military parade in 2005 with a Special Forces Battalion named Gulua Group carrying it. Further arrangements like a Tar-21 production facility in Georgia was dropped from Israeli side.
    *  Guatemala: Guatemala's police force or PNC (Policia Nacional Civil) operates the TAR-21 for routine tasks, and some special operations.[11]
    *  India: In late 2002, India signed an Rs. 880 million (about $17.7 million) deal with Israel Military Industries for 3,070 Tavor assault rifles to be issued to India's special forces personnel,[12] where its ergonomics, reliability in heat and sand, and fast-point/fast-shoot design might give them an edge at close-quarters and employment from inside vehicles. By 2005, IMI had supplied 350–400 Tavors to India's northern Special Frontier Force (SFF). These were subsequently declared to be "operationally unsatisfactory". The required changes have since been made, and tests in Israel during 2006 went well, clearing the contracted consignment for delivery. The Tavor has now entered operational service – even as India gears up for a larger competition that could feature a 9 mm MTAR-21 version.[13] Known as the Zittara in Indian service,[14] the new Tavors have a modified single-piece stock and new sights, as well as Turkish-made MKEK T-40 40 mm under-barrel grenade launchers.[13] 5,500 have been recently inducted.[15] The Indian Navy's elite marine commandos are also preparing to adopt the assault rifles. A consignment of over 500 TAR-21 Tavor assault rifles and another 30 Galil sniper rifles worth over Rs.15 crore ($3.3 million) and Rs.2 crore respectively was delivered to the MARCOS (marine commandos) in December 2010.[16]

Tavor used by Para commandos of the Indian Army  

    *  Philippines Small quantities in use by special units of the Philippine Marines.[17] Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) also has 120 units of CTAR [18], while Philippine National Police - Special Boat Unit was also issued with Tavors.[19]
    *  Portugal: Small quantities of the TAR-21 are in use by field and intervention units of the Polícia Judiciária, like hostage negotiation teams and investigators who usually work alongside other dedicated law enforcement intervention units—the Special Operations Group (GOE) and the National Republican Guard's Special Operations Company (COE); these weapons were initially intended to equip a new unit under the command of the Polícia Judiciária resembling the GOE. The TAR-21 also participated in the competition for the new service rifle for the three branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces and the Police Special Operations Group (GOE)—a bid that also included the local production of the TAR-21 in Portugal. However, the TAR-21 was excluded from the shortlist. The competition has meanwhile been annulled, after the other contenders and both political and defense critics accused the competition of favoring the Heckler & Koch G36.[20][21]
    *  Thailand: The Royal Thai Army purchased 15,000 TAR-21 rifles. The second batch of 15,037 was ordered on September 9, 2008.[22] An additional 13,868 Tavor assault rifles for US$27.77 million (964.99 million baht) are to be purchased through three payments.[23]
    *  Ukraine: Yuriy Lutsenko, head of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, announced on October 1, 2008 that Israel Weapon Industries and the Ukrainian research and production company RPC Fort will jointly manufacture the Tavor TAR-21 assault rifle, that will enter service with special Ukrainian military and police special units.[24][25]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMI_Tavor_TAR-21

Looks like it was intended for "EXPORT" more than anything else considering the specs:
http://world.guns.ru/assault/isr/tavor-tar-21-e.html