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["TAR-21 has no open sights"
Bad idea IMHO.]

Absolutely correct! Though optics are the future, all weapons should have back up iron sights. Foldable BUIS are fine.

The Tavor design is also flawed, in that the only Picatinny rail is occupied by the optic. Where will they hang the light? What about a vertical foregrip? (They can't even use their support hand on the mag!) It seems like they never plan to mount a grenade launcher.

And the design is also flawed because... it's just not an improvement. If I were the IDF chief, I'd ask the designers, "What does this rifle do that our current ones don't? What does this rifle do that basically free M4s from the US don't do? How is this the 'next generation'?"

The answers to all those questions is, "The $1,000 Tavor does nothing that the M-16/M4 family does not do. In fact, it lacks capabilities that are inherent to the M-16/M4."

Israel, you're wasting your money. And no, even if I could buy one of these, I wouldn't. Even at half price. I don't like bullpups.