{"id":78560,"date":"2023-04-02T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=78560"},"modified":"2023-04-02T17:17:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T21:17:25","slug":"vektor-mini-ss-south-africas-answer-to-the-fn-minimi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/04\/02\/vektor-mini-ss-south-africas-answer-to-the-fn-minimi\/","title":{"rendered":"Vektor Mini-SS: South Africa&#8217;s Answer to the FN Minimi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GoDqrzUKPBQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 9 Dec 2022<\/p>\n<p>While under international embargo and at war in the late 1970s, South Africa needed a new 7.62mm GPMG. The answer was Vektor&#8217;s SS77, a design which would replace the FN MAG in South African service in the 1980s. The gun had really substantial problems for many years, and took a lot of work to revise and improve until it was finally fit for service. However, that work did result in a really excellent gun. With the US adoption of the FN Minimi as a Squad Automatic Weapon, interest developed in a 5.56mm version of the SS77.<\/p>\n<p>Named the Mini-SS, this was initially envisioned as a conversion of the SS77, but that never actually came to pass. Instead, the Mini-SS was built from the ground up as a 5.56mm SAW, with a number of changes to reduce its weight (like a simple fixed polymer stock, fixed gas port, and the removal of tripod attachment points). Coming into service in the early 1990s, the Mini-SS has developed an excellent reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Mechanically, both of the Vektor designs are unusual for the use of an asymmetric side-tilting bolt (like the ZH-29 and only a few other production guns). 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