Txhawm rau hloov M16, uas tsis tsim nyog rau kev sib ntaus hauv nroog, lub tuam txhab los ntawm Israel IMI TAAS (Israel Military Military Industries) nyob rau xyoo 90s pib tsim cov cim tshiab ntawm riam phom, siv cov phiaj xwm tam sim no. Nov yog cov phiaj xwm txheej txheej caj npab me me, qhov twg cov ntawv xov xwm, ntsia liaj qhov rooj thiab cov txheej txheem tua hluav taws nyob tom qab rab yaj phom tuav nrog rab phom (feem ntau sab hauv lub cuab yeej). Qhov txiaj ntsig loj ntawm cov phiaj xwm no yog tias nrog qee qhov ntev ntawm rab phom nws tuaj yeem ua kom ntev ntawm lub thoob, uas txhais tau tias nce ntxiv hauv qhov raug ntawm kev tua. Los yog, yog tias nws yog qhov tsim nyog los tuav lub phom ntev, nws tuaj yeem txo qhov ntev ntawm rab phom, yog li txhim kho nws qhov hnyav, qhov loj me thiab kev ua haujlwm ergonomic. Qhov tsis zoo ntawm qhov txheej txheem "bullpup", raws li txoj cai, suav nrog qhov chaw ntawm lub qhov rais rau kev tshem tawm cov cartridges, uas nyob ze rau lub taub qab ntawm rab phom (thaum tua los ntawm lub xub pwg sab laug, cov cartridges ya nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub ntsej muag tua hluav taws) thiab qhov hnyav hnyav (los ntawm ib qho ntxiv ntawm qhov ua rau thiab qhov ua rau poob siab).
Lub tshuab rab phom tshiab tsis yog rov ua dua lossis hloov kho tshiab ntawm lwm yam riam phom, tab sis tau tsim, raws li lawv hais, los ntawm kos.
Xyoo 1998, cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev txhim kho IMI TAAS, uas yog rab phom tshiab, hu ua Tavor Assault Rifle rau tiam 21st Century (TAR-21-: "phom ntev ntawm lub xyoo pua nees nkaum" Tavor "), tau nthuav tawm rau pej xeem. Qhov tseeb dua, tag nrho cov phom tau nthuav tawm, suav txij ntawm pab tub rog qauv TAR-21 thiab nws cov hom phom ntev STAR-21 nrog lub thoob txuas mus rau 460 hli, pom qhov muag pom thiab nrog folding bipods rau compact MTAR-21 version nrog 250 mm chim rau qhov xav tau kev pabcuam kev nyab xeeb. Kiag txhua tus qauv ntawm cov riam phom tshiab tau tsim los rau kev siv cov ntawv xov xwm txheem los ntawm M16 thiab rau kev tua nrog cov pa roj carbon monoxide NATO ntawm 5, 56 mm.
Lub cev ntawm rab phom tshiab yog ua los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv polymer ruaj khov thiab txhawb ntxiv nrog cov ntxig los ntawm lub teeb thiab cov hlau hlau. Cov neeg tsim riam phom tso tseg tus txheej txheem "khoos phis tawj" pom, nruab nrog rab phom nrog lub ntsej muag sab nraud pom nrog lub tshuab laser teeb tsa. Txhawm rau kom tsis txhob nkees cov tub rog nrog kev hloov pauv thiab hloov tas li, qhov pom yuav tig rau thaum koj ntswj lub qhov rooj thiab tua thaum lub riam phom xav tau tso tawm. Tam sim no nws tau nruab nrog qhov pom zoo dua yam tsis muaj tus tsim lub laser.
Cov kws tshaj lij tub rog nyob qib tshiab Israeli tua phom loj uas yuav luag zoo tshaj plaws rau kev tawm tsam hauv nroog-nws tau tawm los pom thiab nyob rau tib lub sijhawm hluav taws kub ceev, ntxiv rau yooj yim thaum tua tawm mus. Qhov tsis zoo yog tus nqi siab piv rau M16 ib txwm muaj. TAR-21 raug nqi ntau dua 10 npaug, lossis $ 1000.
Ntxiv rau cov neeg Ixayees, TAR-21s tau ua tub rog tshwj xeeb ntawm cov tub rog ntawm Is Nrias teb, Georgia, Azerbaijan, thiab Brazil tsim lawv raws li daim ntawv tso cai.
