Negev 7: Israeli Scales up to a 7.62 NATO Machine Gun
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The Israeli Negev machine gun had a rather long development cycle, beginning in 1985 but not seeing final completion and issue until 1997. Once on the market, it proved to be a pretty successful weapon, used by the Israeli military and also a number of export client around the world. In 2012, IMI released an improved newer version, the Negev 7. This was made exclusively as a 7.62mm NATO caliber gun, as opposed to the original Negev which was only made in 5.56mm NATO.
Thanks to Sellier & Bellot for giving me access to this modern machine gun to film for you!
Full video on the original Negev in 5.56mm:
https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/negev-lmg-the-israeli-take-on-the-saw
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