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13 de oct. de 2023 · While under international embargo and at war in the late 1970s, South Africa needed a new 7.62mm GPMG. The answer was Vektor’s SS77, a design which would replace the FN MAG in South African service
SS77: South Africa Builds a GPMG on the Shoulders of Giants. 17m. In the 1970s, South Africa began looking for a domestic-production GMPG to replace its inventory of FN MAG machine guns.
The Vektor SS-77 is a general-purpose machine gun designed and manufactured by Denel Land Systems—formerly Lyttleton Engineering Works (LIW)—of South Africa.
After an extensive series of testing and tweaking, the gun was formally adopted by the South African Defence Forces in 1986, and went into serial production. Despite the development cycle, the...
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ss77 Is a 7,62mm General Purpose Machine Gun, light in weight, only 10,3kg. The Machine Gun is well balanced and can even be applied in an assault role if required (ie long grass).
Yesterday we looked at the history and mechanics of the South African Vektor SS-77 general purpose machine gun, and today I have it out at the range to do some shooting. It's really as nice of a gun as I had expected from taking it apart - controllable and comfortable to shoot.
7 de ene. de 2011 · Manufacturer: Denel. Calibre: 7.62x51mm NATO. Mass: 9.6kg (complete weapon), 2.5kg (barrel). Magazine capacity: unlimited (belt fed); 100 round pear-shaped pouch in general use, 200-round rigid box. Can use both non-disintegrating DM1 and NATO M13 or R1M1 disintegrating link belts.
