The Tavor went through two years of field trials before being adopted by the IDF in 2003, and it replaced the M16A1 and Galil assault rifles across the Israeli armed services.

They’ll be armed with Israel’s TAR-21 “Tavor,” a second-generation indigenous assault rifle that replaced American-made M16 and M4 rifles and the country’s own Galil rifles in the IDF.

The Tavor went through two years of field trials before being adopted by the IDF in 2003, and it replaced the M16A1 and Galil assault rifles across the Israeli armed services.

Israel is replacing its world-famous Uzi submachine gun and U.S.-supplied M-16 assault rifle with a new flagship firearm: the Tavor assault rifle.

After several years of trial usage by the IDF’s Givati Brigade, the Israeli-made Tavor assault rifle will soon be deployed among infantry units throughout Judea and Samaria. Soldiers who ...

Five years after making its debut in the Israel Defense Force’s standing combat units, the Israeli-developed Tavor assault rifle is set to be introduced into the army’s reserve units, where it ...

Hamas, in a provocative display, showcased Israeli Tavor X95 and TAR-21 assault rifles that were reportedly captured during recent clashes. The weapons are shown alongside the bodies of hostages ...

The IDF is phasing out its American-made M-16 assault rifles and replacing them with its Israeli-made Tavor assault rifles, according to a report on Maariv’s website NRG.

A Beduin soldier from the Negev was arrested Tuesday night for stealing two mini-Tavor assault rifles from an IDF base in central Israel, which police say he plotted to sell on the black market ...

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But instead of a knapsack, Mr. Cohen, 28, a reservist who had recently returned from fighting in Gaza to attend the university’s orientation, unshouldered his military-issue Tavor assault rifle ...