Sig Sauer's Light Machine Gun offers the IDF a lighter and handier alternative to its existing Negev-series machine guns.
he Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reportedly acquired a version of the 6.8x51mm M250 light machine gun that Sig Sauer developed for the U.S. Army, but chambered to fire the NATO-standard 7.62x51mm round. Sig Sauer’s design may now be in line to supplant at least a portion of Israeli Negev light machine guns 5.56x45mm and 7.62x51mm, variations of which are current in IDF service.
he Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reportedly acquired a version of the 6.8x51mm M250 light machine gun that Sig Sauer developed for the U.S. Army, but chambered to fire the NATO-standard 7.62x51mm round. Sig Sauer’s design may now be in line to supplant at least a portion of Israeli Negev light machine guns 5.56x45mm and 7.62x51mm, variations of which are current in IDF service.
Israel Buys 7.62x51mm Version Of U.S. Army's New Sig Sauer M250 Light Machine Gun: Report
Sig Sauer's Light Machine Gun offers the IDF a lighter and handier alternative to its existing Negev-series machine guns.
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