Israeli “Tavor” plus license equals Ukrainian “Fort”
Earlier in October 2008, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine announced that the Ukrainian Fort and the Israeli IMI would create a joint venture for the production of TAR-21 of various modifications
for operation in the Ukrainian militarized divisions. Today "TAR-21" and its modifications are produced by the Ukrainian "Fort" under its own name "Fort - 221". Some components are supplied by the Israeli IMI. As far as we know, the weapons produced by the Vinnitsa "Fort" were practically not purchased by Ukrainian armed units.
It does not make sense to compare “TAR-21” and “Fort - 221”, since these are one and the same automatic weapon, no specific changes in the design and construction of the machine gun are known. Despite the many advantages and knowing about the main shortage of "TAR-21", the price of weapons in Israel is one thousand dollars, the question arises whether to manufacture such expensive weapons in Ukraine. Even made under license, it has almost the world price, although it is collected in Ukraine. In addition to the Israeli-designed Fort-221, the Fort-401 light machine guns, the Fort-301 sniper rifles and the Fort-224 submachine guns were adopted. It remains to wonder about the development of weapons for foreign licenses, and not for domestic projects that are not inferior in performance and much cheaper to manufacture.
The main characteristics of the Ukrainian Fort-221 (TAR-21):
- caliber ammunition 5.56X45 mm;
- length depending on the version, standard centimeters 64.5;
- height 30 centimeters;
- centimeter width 9.2;
- barrel length, depending on the version, standard centimeters 37.5;
- weight 3.9 kilogram;
- Shop 30 ammunition;
- bullet speed initial 890 m / s.
Information sources:
http://revolverclub.org/index.php?showtopic=2815&view=all
http://www.fort.vn.ua/produkciya/avtomaticheskoe-oruzhie/shturmovaya-vintovka-fort--221.html
http://baldone.ucoz.ru/news/2009-06-17-650
http://topwar.ru/8879-tar-21-avtomat-gora.html
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