Originally Posted by
norahc
My point was that while the Tavor may be a good rifle, it is not the end all, be all rifle. It does have it's advantages (urban/CQB combat comes to mind), but it also has it's drawbacks and limitations. Mag changes require the user to learn new muscle memory to do it rapidly and efficiently. Lack of caliber choices and ease of change for the existing ones. And we haven't even discussed the inherent limitation and feel of the long trigger linkage assembly found in a bullpup design. You also lose the ability for under-barrel accessories such as a the 37mm grenade launcher (for civilians), or the 40mm for the military types. Also, some of us are old fashioned enough to still want the ability to add/use a bayonet on our rifle.
The Tavor gives up a lot in terms of versatility when compared to the AR platform.