IWI Unveils New Carmel Rifle System

By Chris Eger

Produced by Israel Weapons Industries, the new Carmel rifle system is a new design that was announced earlier this month (Photo: IWI)
Israel’s IWI showed off their new — and non-bullpup — Carmel series 5.56mm rifle at an international defense show in Latin America earlier this month.
The gun, introduced at the Latin American Defence and Security exhibition in Brazil, is not listed on IWI’s website yet but a press release detailed that the Carmel is a more conventional take on rifles and carbines when compared to the company’s Tavor X95/SAR series.
“We have the Micro Tavor (X95) which is one of the best weapons in the world in the Bull-pup configuration,” said Ronen Hamudot, IWI’s VP of marketing and sales. “The company constantly adjusts and changes weapons, and in order to meet the demands of modern warfare and to meet the needs of existing and potential customers, we have developed a new weapon in a conventional configuration.”
The select-fire rifle uses a short stroke gas piston operating system with a three-position regulator and utilizes a lot of polymer furniture to keep the weight down to the sub-7-pound region. The barrels are quick-change at the user level in four lengths– 10.5, 12, 14.5, 16-inches.

Source: Guns.com