03 March 2021
Indian Army receives first 6,000 of 16,749 LMGs ordered from IWI
by Rahul Bedi
The Indian Army (IA) has taken delivery of the first 6,000 of 16,749 Negev NG-7 light machine guns (LMGs) ordered in March 2020 from Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) for INR8.8 billion (USD120.7 million).
Official sources told Janes on 3 March that the 7.62×51 mm LMGs, which had arrived in India in late January, are completing their final round of ‘acceptance’ trials and will be issued imminently to frontline IA troops deployed along India’s restive borders with China and Pakistan.
Delivery of the remaining 10,000-odd LMGs is slated to be completed by October.
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