having a population that is 60% more likely to be left-handed than the rest of the world
Being surrounded by savages
And having little narrow curvy streets
And, having around 5,000 main battle tanks crewed by reservists, has about 20,000 tankists who can be quite hards on equipment; of the 20,000 short-barreled M16 carbines issed to them to replace their beloved [but pistol-caliber Uzis] fewer than 8,000 of them remained serviceable in about 18 months time- some being bent double or broken in half. Replacement with the heavier G'latz version of the Kalishnikov-based Galil rifle wasn't a good idea either- too heavy. But now, with the shorty bullpup Tavor, it looks like something workable has finally been issued. Ask me again in about 14 months from now. Or see what I had to say about Tavor back in 2003
Tankist's favourite rifle:
