{"id":94934,"date":"2025-08-12T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=94934"},"modified":"2025-03-31T20:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T00:52:37","slug":"negev-7-israeli-scales-up-to-a-7-62-nato-machine-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/08\/12\/negev-7-israeli-scales-up-to-a-7-62-nato-machine-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Negev 7: Israeli Scales up to a 7.62 NATO Machine Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k72qs0kRCcA?si=N2ymr2CcarAxktZN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 31 Mar 2025<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Full video including range footage is available on the History of Weapons &#038; War streaming app:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3NLS2NJbGxOcFNpWURCbW1uU1JvUlh2OGwyQXxBQ3Jtc0tsb245b0Z6U2lIRUVsd2lMcjhaaFBFRHV4Yndac251Q3ZYZlhuUjlUS1RfWm5zRHRGVlVhbGdOM2xrS3RSWmZnSVJvWFZfZnJjT0VjcHZHS2Q2czVZMGFoT29NMHlfZXpNYzFySUxZZzA2Zm8tMHEyYw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fforgottenweapons.vhx.tv%2Fvideos%2Fnegev-7-4k&#038;v=k72qs0kRCcA\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/forgottenweapons.vhx.tv\/video&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Sellier &#038; Bellot for giving me access to this modern machine gun to film for you!<\/p>\n<p>Full video on the original Negev in 5.56mm:<br \/>\n   \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cxrPiSvkEVI\" target=\"_blank\">Negev LMG: The Israeli Take on the SAW<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices:<br \/>\nweaponsandwar.tv<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGlyQ2ZobFROUVM2YWdLcnN0M0dFT3ViRF9tQXxBQ3Jtc0trVWJZdmFOdlo1QS1sOWdQZ2R3MWZZWEkxSGdfNHV6UjFLcjZvNlFqY2UzbmthenNweEZ1OEhBRnBUNHIwc25UbUhNNy1ZQVRJRHFyeTQ5SHkwY2NJOEtGRXFRVnFMTjlrUkFOdW91Q1NfYnNDX2RXRQ&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.floatplane.com%2Fchannel%2FForgottenWeapons&#038;v=k72qs0kRCcA\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/For&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published 31 Mar 2025 The Israeli Negev machine gun had a rather long development cycle, beginning in 1985 but not seeing final completion and issue until 1997. 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