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:
“. Ask me again in about 14 months from now. Or see what I had to say about Tavor ..”
Nah, I’ll just ask my daughter who is a combat medic in the IDF and issued a Tavor several years ago.
She’s very pleased with it and a huge fan of the Mepro optics.