The IWI Tavor TS12 is an Israeli
semi-automatic bullpup
A bullpup firearm is one with its firing grip located in front of the Chamber (firearms), breech of the weapon, instead of behind it. This creates a weapon with a shorter overall length for a given barrel length, and one that is often lighter, ...
shotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small ...
, based on the
IWI Tavor assault rifle
An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge, intermediate-rifle cartridge and a Magazine (firearms), detachable magazine.C. Taylor, ''The Fighting Rifle: A Complete Study of the Rifle in Combat'', F.A. Moyer '' ...
. The Tavor TS12 is designed and produced by
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI).
The TS12 was the best selling
semi-automatic shotgun on
GunBroker.com in 2020.
History
In January 2018, the TS12, which was the first bullpup shotgun developed by IWI, was revealed at
SHOT Show
The SHOT Show, which is an acronym for "Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show", is an American annual trade fair, trade show for the shooting sports, hunting, outdoor recreation, and firearm manufacturing industry (economics), industries. The ...
, and released on the market the same year.
Design
TS12 shells are loaded into three magazine tubes, each holding five shells, for a maximum of 15 + 1 shells. The tubes can be rotated via a button on the
pistol grip
On a firearm or other tools, a pistol grip is a distinctly protruded handle underneath the main mechanism, to be held by the user's hand at a more vertical (and thus more ergonomic) angle, similar to how one would hold a conventional pistol.
...
.
The TS12 has a
Picatinny rail
The 1913 rail (MIL-STD-1913 rail) is an American rail integration system designed by Richard Swan that provides a mounting platform for firearm accessories. It forms part of the NATO standard STANAG 2324 rail. It was originally used for mount ...
, with receptacles on both the left and right.
References
External links
Official webpage*
Shotguns of Israel
Semi-automatic shotguns
Bullpup shotguns
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2018
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