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From what I understand this is a weapon that the Israeli military doesn't want. It is very expensive to produce. They prefer to buy the M16, or its variant.

The website says they have an order for 15K of them and it further states that they're about $1,000.00 per copy. That's a bit pricey but not out of reach although I've never contacted say Rock Rivers sales dept and asked for a 10,000 lot price on the M4.

[From what I understand this is a weapon that the Israeli military doesn't want. It is very expensive to produce. They prefer to buy the M16, or its variant.]

I don't know if the Israeli military wants these weapons or not, but you are absolutely correct on the expense of this Tavor vs. the M-16 and its variants. Because of the strings attached to our financial aid to Israel, the M-16s are basically free. That's because we mandate that Israel use certain quantities of the aid to purchase American goods.

Also, I'm 99% sure that our mil buys the M4 for $900 or less. The M-16 version was cheaper than that a few years ago and probably still is. The Tavor is $1,000, of which the IDF has to cough up 100%.

I don't know- maybe Israel believes that the home grown rifle is worth the difference in costs? Still, if I never shoot a bullpup again, I'll be very happy.