Negev debut NG7

 

Israel Weapon Industries revealed information about the Negev machine gun cartridge powered NG7 7.62 mm x 51 NATO. Weapons will debut in 2 weeks while in Chile and India.

 

Its world premiere Negev light machine gun called the NG7 (NG in the name stands for Next Generation, 7 is the abbreviation of ammunition 7.62 mm x 51) will have to take place at the same time shows DEFEXPO India 2012 in New Delhi, Indiaand FIDA International Air & Space Fair in Santiago, Chile.

 

Information that Israeli engineers with IWI (part of SK Group) working on a new 7.62-mm machine gun hand (rkm), based on 5.56-mm rifle machine (kbkm) Negev, have been known for a long time. But it was only in March 2012 for the first time disclosed details and photos of new construction. The new light machine gun NG7 weapons will complement family support, which includes previously included only MGS Negev and Negev SF and tentatively named the new variant of the Negev 2000 to 5.56 mm ammunition x 45 NATO. Probably the latter designates the structure, as shown for the first time in 2011 and still has not officially introduced to the Israel Weapon Industries, will be revised in the future the Negev NG5.

 

7.62-mm light machine gun will be offered in two versions: standard with a barrel length NG7 508 mm (velocity 860 m / s) and short NG7 SF with a barrel length of 420 mm (810 m / s). In both cases, the barrel is a 4-bruzdowym thread, with a stroke of 305 mm grooves.


Like the Negev machine gun, so its bigger brother the Negev NG7 equipped with a fire selector switch. This allows you to shoot a single and continuous fire, which is unusual in this type of construction. New weapon shoots the lock open, according to information the manufacturer has an 80% spare parts with the model of 5.56 mm. Israelis give life value of 20 thousand barrels. shots, and the castle chambers and other major parts of NG7 50-thousand. shots.

 

Presented in the advertising materials of the new machine gun accessories. Notes ammunition pouch, located depending on the variety zataśmowanych 100 or 150 rounds 7.62 mm x 51 NATO.

Manual machine gun will be offered in two versions: standard NG7 of 508-mm barrel and short barrel NG7 SF with a length of 420 mm. In practice, because the weapon is, like most of this design, quick release barrel, what of them will be seated in the chamber determines the variety. Barrel band with a gas chamber is equipped with two-position gas regulator for shooting in normal conditions and under heavy pollution. Rate of fire for the first set is 850-1050 rds. / Min., The other - 950-1150 rds. / Min. NG7 is powered ammunition 7.62 mm x 51 NATO with the NATO standard M13 rozsypnej tape, loosely or given suspended under erkaemem soft transport bag with a capacity of 100 and 125 cartridges.

 

Additional equipment for each machine gun can be electronic monitoring device ELOG weapons state, for example, placed in the shank. It continues to monitor the number of total shots, which makes planning ahead for replacement of individual parts and their order. The information is read wirelessly and stored in a database


Mass of empty machine gun, without ammunition, and optoelectronic devices NG7 sights is 7.6 kg and 7.5 kg NG7 SF. Overall length standard 1000/820 mm with butt distributed / complex, a variety of short - 912/730 mm. NG7 equipped with mechanical sights as a solid base mounted on the bow and sight gas block mounted on the section przeziernikowego universal mounting rails on the back of the castle chambers, in the rear. The line length is 440 mm plate. The rail can be placed optoelectronic sights, optical sights as IWI X4, as well as kolimatorowych Mepro 21.

 

How did we find Altair, the new Israeli light machine gun has already been tested, selected and purchased by the Israeli army. Once the weapon is first shown at international exhibitions, almost 150 Negev machine guns NG7 the first batch will go to Cahalu.

 

Israel Weapon Industries in contrast to the Heckler & Koch was trying to create a universal machine gun (UKM), which is the H & K HK121, but a weapon comparable to the Belgian FN Minimi-7, 62 . The designers of the IWI followed the same route as the Belgians, whose weapon debuted in 2005. Based on engineering solutions to the rifle cartridge 5.56 mm x 45 designed a machine gun firing 7.62 mm ammunition, a stronger 51st x


IWI presented in the materials of the new machine gun butt is designed by FAB Defense GLR-commercial model 16 with buccal pad. Standard sleeve is mounted on the return team with a diameter corresponding to the sleeve used in the Colt M4 rifle. It is uncertain whether the target weapon will also be sold with the rifle butt. Weight 276 g, length 180 mm, width 48 mm, height 130 mm.

 

The Israelis assumed that the contemporary battlefield better suited to a dedicated automatic machine gun, than a universal machine gun machine gun variant. Such a weapon will not be as heavy barrel, and thus will not be able to conduct long-term continuous fire from the deck of vehicles, vessels or helicopters. It will be much lighter and slightly smaller than a full ukaemu, and thus more maneuverability. In today's battlefield, where every gram counts carried by a soldier accelerated, especially in urban areas acting, has a similar structure ogniowymi better opportunities.

 

The IWI Negev erkaemie NG7 Israelis managed to get slightly better performance than competitive FN Minimi-7, 62 Belgian weapons, regardless of variety is offered with a barrel length of 502 mm. Weight of machine gun FN Minimi-7, 62 in the Standard with fixed butt is 8.2 kg, and 8.4 kg folding butt. Version with a set of mounting rails at the bedside TR (Triple Rail) with a constant butt of a mass of 8.4 kg and 8.6 kg with folding. American cultivar Minimi-7, 62, or Mk 48 Mod 1 has a mass of 8.2 kg. For comparison, a typical ukaem FN MAG Standard has a mass of 11.79 kg, the German H & K HK121 - 10.8 kg, Polish UKM-2000P - 8.4 kg, and the unbeatable Russian PKM 7.5 kg.