IWI Tavor X95


The IWI Tavor X95 is an Israeli bullpup designed and produced by Israel Weapon Industries as part of the Tavor rifle family, along with the TAR-21 and the Tavor 7.
In November 2009 the Tavor X95 was selected as the future standard issued weapon of the Israeli infantry.

Design

The Tavor X95 can be easily distinguished from the TAR-21 by the location of the cocking handle. An X95 cocking handle is closer to the pistol grip, while a TAR-21 cocking handle is closer to the muzzle. The stock was also slightly redesigned.
With the use of a relatively simple conversion kit, the Tavor X95 can be converted from a 5.56 mm assault rifle to a 9 mm submachine gun. A suppressor can also be added to the weapon, as part of the 9 mm conversion kit, or as part of a replacement hand guard which integrates muzzle brake, suppressor, and hand guard. The Tavor X95 also has its own underslung grenade launcher, the X95 GL 40. A discontinued production model of the X95 the X95-GL had the capability to mount a M203 grenade launcher on an extended notched barrel.
When configured to fire 9 mm rounds, the gun uses a blowback operation to eject and reload rounds, but in the same body as the gas-operated rifle reloading system. It is fed from Uzi magazines. A suppressor can be mounted that allows for the use of standard velocity 9 mm ammunition, not specialized subsonic ammo. The barrel is the same length as the rifle version, but has a 1:10 in rifling twist to stabilize heavy 9 mm bullets.
Compared to the 890 mm long M4 carbine with a barrel, the X95 is, , or long, with either a 330 mm, 380 mm, or a 419 mm barrel, respectively.

Variants

There are three different handguards currently available for the Tavor X95: the first is rounded and is currently only available for military issue; the second is a rectangular one with integrated rails at the 3, 6, and 9 o'clock positions, and has removable rail covers; and the third is an elongated version of the second, made for IWI US X95s. The rounded handguard originally had separate picatinny rails on the receiver and handguard, but IWI has produced a full-length flattop rail and an underside rail for it; the other two handguards have integrated flattop rails.
The Tavor X95 comes with the option of changing out the pistol grip with either the standard Tavor Talon trigger guard, a traditional trigger guard, or any compatible third-party accessory.
The Tavor X95 comes in a number of variants :

X95

Licensed

All X95s sold on the U.S. civilian market are semi-automatic only and come with an elongated handguard and a thicker buttpad to comply with the firearm laws of the U.S.
Note: IWI US retails the X95s in a variety of colors, including Black, Flat Dark Earth, and OD Green ; the letter "B" in the rifles' designations can be switched with any of the colors' respective letters.

IWI Canada

All X95s sold on the Canadian civilian market are semi-automatic only and come with an 18.6 in. barrel to meet Canadian firearms law as non-restricted weapons. This gives the Canadian X95 an OAL of 28.4 in.

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