How Israeli Troops Use their Home-Built Machine Gun

[@Taskandpurpose]

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[@suny1265]

"This Video is not about the current conflict" and the goes and uses image's from current conflict.

[@BBBrasil]

That is a very poor choice of words for your title. Home-Built, really?

[@David-xh9cw]

@@BBBrasil insert little sarcastic ginger kid with teeth .jpg here

[@rocko7711]

Another great video

[@kolsky]

@taskandpurpose Your videos are great. Your pronunciation of Hebrew names is atrocious. You know so many Israelis, why don't you ask them how to pronounce these words. Negev (like many Hebrew words) has the stress on the first syllable. So instead of Nege-v Say Ne-gev Or Merkava- Rather than Merka-va

[@ShadoWafel]

Former Negevist here. The best part is night ops, where we used to get a barrel mounted IR marker and a single eye NVG as part of the kit. Arguably thanks to that we were more accurate at night than in the day. Also fun fact, the joke was the Negev, נגב was actually an acronym for נזק גב ברכיים, which translated to "knee and back damage" because it was heavier than the standard kit.

[@fyodor_ivanovich]

Most Palestinian women and children don’t have NVG so I see how the accuracy would be increased.

[@KennyNGA]

What did you just call me

[@gdrop6623]

@@fyodor_ivanovich Hahahah brilliantly found. An instant classic. Please save that kind of comment for reddit because we're talking about the weapon, not the politics or war. Have a good night mate.

[@ShadoWafel]

@@fyodor_ivanovich they can always ask the hamas terrorist that uses them as human shields to use his

[@girayalpaslan5318]

free palestine

[@petestorz172]

Since France's withholding of Mirage Vs (and maybe earlier) Israel has been taught repeatedly that international support and material sales is of uncertain reliability and sometimes comes with attached strings. Having domestic weapons development and production capability is an existential matter.

[@casultras1989]

They just know every single policy they push in western countries should'nt be applied to them.

[@yoyojoseph]

It is reliable, so long as they don't commit war crimes and go against the entirety of the UN... which they constantly do.

[@ZombieGrandpa]

Indeed.

[@Sneakyboson]

Don't forget European countries also blocked the US from using their airbases to provide airdrops to Israel during the Yom Kippur war. Only Portugal stepped in. Shameful.

[@Raz.C]

Yeah, the numerous international embargoes against Iran has caused that nation to develop an utterly SHOCKING and nevertheless competent domestic military industry, producing everything from small arms, to submarines!! Hells, I STILL have trouble believing it...

[@wowersdh1]

Israel's soldiers and tactics are really remarkable! love from Korea

[@dlvivlviv]

Love to Korea from Israel! Protect your country!

[@eyalamit5120]

​@@tugimantugi3151 That's a nice delusion you got there.

[@an0mali351]

Love to Korea from Israel ! Sarang

[@vidarodinson5246]

​@@tugimantugi3151nice joke, but Israel cleans most of gaza from hamas. Civilians ofc got hit thx to hamas who always put civilians as a shield.

[@vidarodinson5246]

​@@tugimantugi3151ask these to yourself, if IDF are weak, then why hama need iran and it's allies direct help to fight Israel? Why hama cannot kick out IDF out of gaza? Why iran and it's allies cannot stop Israel rage? Reality against your imagination kiddo...

[@Mrdardas99]

As a former IDF Artillery Corps man I've only got to fire the Negev in training when it was all new, in 2002. The first time I've shot it in semi-auto, I was honestly confused - I barely felt any recoil at all, I wasn't sure the weapon fired correctly! It felt like the recoil was barely 30% of the recoil of a standard m4 or Galil 5.56.

[@TomDog5812]

Hey IDF-- How's it going? Can you let me know what optic the IDF is running? I that a Meopro whateveritis or an Israeli produced optic? Also, do your grunts also hump two and a half pounds of batteries? IIRC 20 years ago USMC Rifleman had around 50 spare batteries stuffed in assault pack /cargo pockets as well as the ones powering your gear.

[@Mrdardas99]

Well, it's been 20 years, I doubt much of the equipment we used is the same today. Also, right now there's so many mobilized that equipment is all over the place. In any case, the IDF is not an expeditionary force, there really is no need to carry stuff to last you weeks - a supply vehicle is always a few hours away. Combat engineers, though, do have to carry lots of heavy stuff just due to the sheer number of mission-types they have to handle at a moment's notice. @@TomDog5812

[@fyodor_ivanovich]

Did the training include Palestinian children?

[@kunduraci30]

​@@fyodor_ivanovichthey do it on daily routine training

[@geraldwashington6588]

@@fyodor_ivanovichPalestinians use child soldiers so why wouldn’t they

[@MrEricGaming]

Former negavist here, amazing weapon, It is light and easy to use, doesn't jam as much as its counterparts, and is easy to clear. also, the semi-auto mode is used in situations where you don't want and wild automatic weapon, such as populated places, and sometimes CQB where the negevist can turn in to a rifleman in a switch.

[@SilenTHerO78614]

Dude its fucking mid.

[@SilenTHerO78614]

@@BennyDACHO more than tou gramps

[@yeshuaislord6880]

​ @SilenTHerO78614 when you have to cuss, and insult other people, while using poor English, it's hard to take your opinion with any regards.

[@SilenTHerO78614]

@@yeshuaislord6880 lol says thr jesus freak

[@Lordofducks631]

@@SilenTHerO78614 not very silent or heroic though

[@ofekm.s3477]

Being a negevist is hard! I’m a current idf soldier in the combat engineering force. in comparison, I’m a regular infantry soldier and carry around 7kg-10kg on me during battle, the negevist carry around 20kg. They choose mostly the crazy short bulky guys that when given a task, won’t stop until they are knocked down

[@sagimichael7993]

שמור על עצמך אח יקר❤

[@gscop1683]

May God Bless You!

[@marktakacs1227]

As an average Hungarian infantry captain, some remarks: 1. it is easy to zero the PKM without having the semi mode. Just leave a gap of one bullet between the bullets in the belt. 2. the biggest disadvantage of the PKM is that it is difficult to put optics and/or laser sights on them, therefore they can hardly used at night only if you increase their weight significantly. 3. The footage at the end of the video says "PK machinegun" but they are NSV heavy machine guns (12,7x101mm). Anyway, really cool content as always. Love your work.

[@HansWurst-gm2rx]

Yeah the end seems weird, 100mm typo xD. PK should be at ~1173mm and NG7 at ~1000mm. Maybe with a collapsed buttstock (NG7 ~780mm)? I am not certain, whether the PKM has a collapsible buttstock.

[@GamebossUKB]

As someone who didn’t ask, thanks for letting us know.

[@Khan-1738]

@marktakacs1227 For zeroing the PKM with the gap in the the belt, was that in a manual or just some info that was passed around by users? Really interesting stuff, I guess that’s another advantage to having non disintegrating belts I never thought of

[@1990Cornetto]

I carried that for 2 years in the IDF army. Heavy af with the ammo. I later got a shorter barrel one for close quarters. Amazing weapon

[@abdullahbinsajjad4070]

So how many children did you kill with this "amazing weapon" ?

[@randomuser_no5500]

2 years! Must have gotten buff 😆

[@ioanandrei8814]

But it not so heavy like pkm or m60😂

[@Kyrieru]

@@abdullahbinsajjad4070 Maybe stop using them as humans shields, genius.

[@st.altair4936]

@@abdullahbinsajjad4070 They said they were in the IDF, not Hamas.

[@drgog4300]

Our guys used to run a Negev for the pointman and an MG3 for the machinegunner. And that in every squad

[@MarkyMark2177]

What country?

[@drgog4300]

@@MarkyMark2177 Estonians while in Afghanistan and possibly Iraq

[@ifv2089]

My guys use the Nerf multi blaster We found best SOP was battery-free units, Manual loading and cocking is way more reliable especially in the urban CQB COIN Strike Ops. The enemy also doesn't feel what hit em 😂

[@ifv2089]

Don't want get caught out with a low battery on an electric drive belt feed, lost a lot of players like this 😢

[@itamars2]

when it was introduced into the idf we used the fn gpmg/m240 we had 2 240 +1 negev. a whole lot of firepower. @@drgog4300

[@robbarasch6472]

I was an IDF machine gunner in the 1980s, and we didn't use the FN MAG with 2 man teams. Just the machine gunner lugging it around. Though, sometimes, we'd get other guys to take additional ammunition belts. The FN MAG was the only MG used by dismounted infantry back then (other than the battalion level heavy weapons platoon, which had the Browning .50 cal). Anyway, the MAG was a great piece of kit. Reliable, packed a punch, accurate, and good range. But it had one major drawback, it's heavy.

[@shade9272]

So you know all about IDF war crimes. Good job.

[@robbarasch6472]

@shade9272 you have a typo. You meant to write that "I know all about fighting genocidal terrorists." Thanks, but I wouldn't say that I know all about it. A bit, yes. But not all.

[@drunkdonkey1009]

@@shade9272You mean gazan war crimes? The terroristic “country”.

[@bigman-adv]

כמות ההמצאות והנפצות של היוצר הזה היא בין מגוחכת למצחיקה. הוא פשוט ממציא דברים או שהוא קורא עליהם בוויקי ו״משלים פערים״ באופן יצירתי.

[@nuphhrffe875]

waltz with bashar irl

[@Contentrist]

Some Negevs were sold to Estonia but we use to think those were prototypes the Israelis wanted to get rid of because we had problems with them(could also have honestly been a training/skill issue), there were stories about even bigger problems. The reason we thought those were prototypes is because the serial numbers started with 000. On the other had, the men who worked with Negevs in Afganistan said the machine gun did it's job well.

[@khairulhelmihashim2510]

maybe tolerances are optimized for Mediterranean/arid climate.

[@kipp4805]

Israeli weapons are always highly specialized to their specific environment and use case. Perhaps they're just not well suited for Eastern Europe.

[@rustyshaklford9557]

*hand rubbing intensifies*

[@Contentrist]

Just to specify, some of the the "bigger problems" stories originated out of Afghanistan so I don't think the climate was the issue on those machine guns.

[@RobotWithHumanHair.]

@@ContentristAfghanistan and Israel aren’t really comparable climate wise

[@TheColombiano89]

Colombian Military here. We also use the Negev machinegun they are good weapons.

[@leonardlallemand5459]

also worth mentioning that unlike the minimi, the Negev can reliably use 30/40rds box magasines reliably thanks to the ajustable gas system, making it easier to carry arround for long marches and harder for a potential enemy sniper to identifie the negev gunner among the rest of the riflemen

[@Siapanpeteellis]

Recently I heard one of the more innovative tactics the IDF is using is to have a Negev gunner with the Iron Man pack pin down the bad guys while a radioman attached to the same fire team calls in a strike from the Iron Sting, 120 mm guided mortar system. If the Iron Sting is dedicated to the fire team the strike takes less than two minutes to land from the time the call is made. Apparently, it is proving to be very effective against urban areas that have been prepared to prevent infantry mobility. The application of more than 300 rounds on the targets while waiting for the strike is the secret sauce, that is why the Iron Man ammo pack is required, it does not allow for the suppressive fire to slow down before the mortar round lands.

[@blacklight4720]

I spoke with a guy who used to be Negev'ist and moved to be sniper using M24. He said the switch was like two different worlds. He added, that he missed his Negev, it wasn't as accurate as sniper rifle but it had beautiful shredding power. He said it was relatively light for him, he not very tall guy either.

[@5wixy]

I switched from the FN MAG to sniper with m24 and i also sometimes missed the fire power and sound of just unleashing hell from a metal rod lol but i also really loved the delicacies and precision work of sniping.

[@blacklight4720]

@@5wixy Ye, that's what he also said, that he liked the precision and the calculations of the sniper rifle.

[@earthcitizen7245]

The capability to unleash a staggering 1050 rounds per minute showcases the Negev's formidable firepower, making it a strategic asset for various scenarios. The precision in targeting, such as disabling a vehicle's engine, underscores its versatility in modern warfare. This combination of rate of fire and accuracy, firing at 17 bullets per second and 3,000 feet per second respectively, solidifies the Negev's reputation as a reliable and potent force on the battlefield.

[@brianhewlitt2989]

The tripod-mounted weapon you show at 16:59 to 17:08 is not a 7.62mm PK/PKM. It is a Russian 12.7mm Kord heavy machine gun

[@petethebastard]

Correct! I thought I'd check Comments before I said "what you said!"

[@Dronax]

yeah, looks way too big to be a pkm

[@SeniorDrummer]

Thanks, it didn’t quite look right to me. Appreciate knowledgeable people like yourself to point these things out . Knowledge is power !

[@Al_capachino]

Took the words right outta my mouth

[@brianhewlitt2989]

The novel trigger group and the ("massive") rounds in the belt make it pretty obvious @@Dronax. Also in one shot you see the left side of its rather boxy, rivetted steel receiver

[@simonreynolds5249]

Former CS Negevist here. One thing that Cappy fails to mention is that the Negev will deal exactly 99 damage on a headshot against a helmeted enemy at close range, which is pretty disappointing. Sure they can be finished off quickly after but that can often be too late. It can however be run by counter terrorists and terrorists and can be acquired for quite a reasonable price.

[@sk-sm9sh]

This 99 damage matters way less of a downside with Negev compared to some other guns that do same because first bullets in Negev are inaccurate so it takes a second after you open fire for it to align the fire but at that time it is also pinpoint accurate so you can as well get 5 bullets in head if necessary - unlike with some other guns where you make a headshot only for other bullets to spray and miss.

[@chrisspencer6502]

By helmeted enemy do you mean Peewee baseball cap.

[@zerberus_ms]

I was an IDF soldier stationed at the Gaza border a couple of years ago, and here's a couple of facts: There isn't always 1 negevist in the squad, because a magist (a guy with a mag) could be there instead (they are interchangeable). It's pronounced nEgev (stress on the first e, not the second as he does. I mean no disrespect,just correcting). Fun fact - the negev can use the normal 5.56 mags. Negevs are often loaded with green tipped ammo, which has better armor piercing capabilities.

[@NoamTheGOAT50]

About the first fact, when I served in the Israeli infantry (1998-2001) we all trained on all different weapons. I was carrying the Mortar, but I was trained on the sniper rifle and Negev and many other weapons. Unit 50 of the Nachal!

[@zerberus_ms]

@@NoamTheGOAT50 Nowadays, you would only be officially trained in your speciality, though you could ask your friends to try out their weapon while you're on the firing range (not sure that's officially allowed, but it happens nonetheless).

[@NoamTheGOAT50]

@@zerberus_ms in the Israeli military? Are you sure?

[@zerberus_ms]

@@NoamTheGOAT50 100% sure. Even 9999% sure. I've seen it with my own eyes. They usually have their base weapon (now mostly Tavor), and then some of them get a specialized weapon, so they either switch to training only with it, or training them both. Sometimes they get more than 1 special weapon, but they don't train with stuff they don't have to.

[@NoamTheGOAT50]

@@zerberus_ms interesting, sad, because I remember in my basic training they told us that's our highest advantage on all enemies, if my sniper goes down, I can take over. Funny story about the Tavor, the day I went back to my unit to return my rifle and most uniforms, and other equipment, was the day before my release from my mandatory service, I returned my M16 and all my friends that are still in service, got the Tavor! I am jealous to this day.

[@Brown95P]

@13:03 So what you're telling me is that Counter-Strike's Negev being a virtual laser beam is actually in-lore. Today I Learned.

[@CountingPeas]

You forgot to mention something important if you run out of dedicated belt ammo you can always switch using m4 standard box magazine!

[@unsafe_dB_level]

I love that the 35-round Galil mag at 6:52 is captioned "low-capacity magazine". Somebody please assign this writer or editor to run the ATF.

[@aliendeathpunch7044]

ATF - Hey Hey you! You cant have that high capacity magazine here! Oh yeah according to your rule my 30rd magazine falls under low capacity magazine.

[@Paladin1873]

Compared to a 100 or 200 round belt, it is low capacity. Magazine capacity has been the bane of many LMGs.

[@JoeyGee1000]

Yeah I noticed that too 😁

[@davidgoodnow269]

50- and 70-round magazines are the high-capacity Galil mags for 5.56!

[@massengineer7582]

The difference is between soldiers in an army who have a legitimate need for large capacity magazines, and people who are not in the armed forces or a well regulated militia.

[@ngershon]

Traditionally the IDF used the MAG as it's light infantry machine gun, the Negev came to give a lighter alternative. In reality the MAG is still very widely used because it's extremely reliable at every condition and it's 7.62 ammunition is much cheaper than the 5.56 steel rounds the Negev uses. Although it needs more conditioning, the Negev is significantly more mobile. So we use both, normally 1 MAG and 2 Negevs in a unit. The MAG will be more static and give more of the cover fire for the squads that run ahead with Negevs. Also the MAG is the standard machine gun for armed vehicles of any type.

[@jeponce88]

Cappy, the Salvadoran Civil War had already ended by when prototype Negevs were exported. Our Armed Force did use the Galil assault rifle, mostly assigned to spec ops and long range patrol units; some Jericho handguns made their way into the officer corps; before US military aid was provided, Israel supplied assorted small arms, and; the Israeli Air Force trained our Huey pilots, and our air force procured Fouga Magisters and Ouragan jets from the IAF. However, during the 1980-1992 civil war, the Salvadoran army’s SAW were hand-me down M-60s, mostly provided as military aid.

[@MySoundboy]

This gun is the best squad automatic weapon that has ever been built. It’s a passes the Belgium saw 249 by far it is highly underrated in my opinion. got exposed to this weapon in my early years of training with my country defense force and I must say I love this weapon. If I am to go into battle I am not going without my.Negev

[@henm3000]

as an IDF veteran its amazing mg', not so haevy' u can run with it and great fire power

[@linlattun7492]

i wanna ask how long it normally take to run the mg ammo dry?

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

It also actually runs properly on rifle mags unlike the minimi

[@rayanalzahrani8756]

As an idf what do you personally think of the Palestinians

[@rakeshrakhi8029]

God bless you and stay safe.

[@addmix]

How many innocent civilians did you kill during your service?

[@siddharthsahu7123]

Indian Air Force Garud special forces uses the Negev's and it's looks and works amazing.

[@teapotserving6975]

Bro, I am Indian, too. But why do you support Israel? Both Isreal and hamas are responsible for what's going on in gaza currently. We can talk about it.

[@Kenji-117]

Funfact: This gun gets more precise the longer you hold the trigger... It's also pretty cheap and good to hold angles 🤭

[@HeIsAnAli]

The $1700 laser beam specialist.

[@Lukeclout]

It's got two other critical features and tactics over the SAW 1. It's bolt is self retaining, unlike the saw. 2. Aside from zeroing the Semi automatic feature allow you to 'kentucky windage' your enemy. Usually machine guns start with/cyclic-rapid and go sustained. The Negev can start in semi automatic to see where the first round land. Then go rapid/sustained. (Giving the enemy the impression that it is initially engaged by a rifle. Only to be takened out by a zeroed beatened zone of a Negev rapid burst ). This makes it very very effective against enemy snipers, mortar and rpg teams . A SAW will have issues accomplishing this task

[@itamars2]

in the idf bid they checked the saw, the were not satisfied with it's performance regarding reliability.

[@Lukeclout]

@@itamars2 טוב מאוד You have to know the difference in time though. The Negev came 10 years after the SAW; it is newer and has been updated according to combat environments. In the case of israel, alot of it. the 'kentucky windage' with semi automatic fire before going rapid tactic allegedly was pioneered by אגוז fighting Hezbollah Kornet Teams and OP points in the early 2000s.

[@Truthbomb918]

Self retaining bolt, just what is that. Not a term I've ever heard of in relation to firearms

[@itamars2]

​@@Lukeclout of course. in a lot of fields of development, you always stand on the shoulders of giants when you innovate. not sure this semi-automatic fire is a thing. IMO it's for zeroing and more precise fire.

[@Lukeclout]

In the SAW 249, the bolt system has an extractor which is not secured. That is if your doing a barrel change and (accidently ) send forward the bolt career group, you can lose your bolt extracter and it's spring effectively deadlining the weapon. This does not happen on the Negev as the extracter is secured by a locking system to the bolt carrier group Its diffcult for me to explain but if you are really interested- Forgotten Weapons does a very good job of explaining it.

[@Toto-yj8hc]

The Negev is easily the best light machine gun ever made it’s not even a competition

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

South African Vecktor mini SS enters the chat

[@jmjones7897]

Bren Gun.

[@johnnycaps1]

Even at the "Squad" level, War and Tactics are very difficult and complicated. The design of weapons for the engineers is the same. This video hints at some of that. Excellent work.

[@wholemilknotchocolate4470]

The elog is such an indigenous feature and I wish they would implement it in more weapons to make maintenance simpler. Better maintenance leader to a better functioning weapon

[@artwersky]

All true and very informative. Good job. Wanted to state that the minimi did not stick in the IDF for the reasons of high maintenance costs and dependancy on the imported parts compared to licensed locally produced FN mag (m240) The minimi served in all the infantry units for a duration of 3 or more years in which the drawbacks were noticed as mentioned above but also the events of misfires I served during the addition of the minimi as a saw insteady of one of the medium saw FN Mag

[@Aikibiker1]

As a lefty i appreciate the fact the Negev has a brass deflector.

[@maxy6462]

The negev is the bomb dude I love it even on auto if u r good u can fire a single round and the foldable stock makes it great for urban warfare something that was not mentioned there is also 2 different barrel lengths so it can get really compact

[@LemonElite4845]

the new israeli negev which is used in the war right now is 7.62 the old one is 5.56

[@jfb.8746]

Why the switch to 7.62? Better stoppage power? I'm honestly curious...

[@bradhughes8814]

@@jfb.8746 he mentioned in the video that 7.62 can penetrate body armor

[@jacobzehavi3279]

That’s not true there is a 7.62 version but the infantry version is still 5.56, the 7.62 we use is the FN MAG

[@andreivaldez2929]

They mentioned it's new, so maybe it's just now being rolled out?

[@andreivaldez2929]

They also said it's level 4 armor that insurgents are wearing: that armor can stop 7.62 NATO unless they're using armor piercing ammo.

[@saavedra909]

The now-extinct Policia Federal of Mexico had several Negev NG-7s mounted on their light-duty units (Ford F-150) and the Negev NG-5 was used by some Special Forces Units. The SEDENA (Mexican Army) last year ordered a large number of Negevs in several variants.

[@live_free_or_perish]

It was a very long time ago, but my clearest memory of time in the army was bullets flying over my head. But even more clear was when I was in Israel (not in their army) and a fighter jet flew so close to the ground the building I was in shook like an 8.0 earthquake.

[@sagimichael7993]

Was it on independence day?

[@eegplantforlife9306]

an Israeli over here just wanted to say that hamas hasent been seen operating PKM or DSHK for a very long time now, they usually prefer homemade RPGs and chip AK variants. additionally your pronunciation of "Ramat Hasharon" fucking killed me - you said "Ramat Haroshan" which loosely translate to "baby frog heights" XD other then that, great vid as always, and a great negev.

[@elimalinsky7069]

Tadpole is the Engish word for the early stage of life for frogs and toads, but yeah, the mispronunciation cracked me up. Also he really should know by now that the word Negev should have the stress on the first syllable and Tavor on the last syllable. Cappy constantly messes that up.

[@zredband]

Thanks for the information, I speak a little (very little) and understand a little bit of Hebrew and caught some of the mispronunciations, but I hope he never corrects himself. It's more entertaining that way.

[@Fulcrox]

They literally we're seen operating Israeli M4s with IDF markings that they claimed we're bought to corrupt Israeli officers in the frontier like 4-6 months ago

[@angheloiumarius]

I think the Galil it's "The Cadillac" of AK family.

[@sidpost]

Valmet's are sweet too!

[@coop6951]

The PKM to Negev comparison photo was insane, its like having a handgun that does everything a rifle does and more. 😮

[@TheRezro]

It depend on the PKM model. Polish PKM is far better then old Soviet variants.

[@noonenoesbutme]

An open bolt weapon will always be far less accurate than a closed bolt rifle. After the trigger is pulled the bolt drops and move the weapon slightly, making accurate distance shots difficult. Meanwhile any modern rifle can accurately hit a man sized target at 300-400m

[@coop6951]

@@noonenoesbutme good to know

[@coop6951]

@@TheRezro agreed there’re are definitely modernized variants. However in Asymmetric warfare which is with the Israelis are fighting now most PKMs are gonna be older Soviet models. In my opinion.

[@connerstines1578]

You forgot the part where if you hold the trigger down it turns into a laser beam.

[@mayuyumiwazaki8769]

My favorite strategy in cs whenever I have less money

[@TalonWay]

at the end of the training, we have a red sky. not the same as in us at gun show :)

[@thedigitaldummy3098]

And that it does more damage every time you reload it.

[@paogene1288]

​@@thedigitaldummy3098pink-haired specialist?

[@shahar7116]

I've never thought you'd mention my home town ramat hasharon in your videos 😂 and the imi base is right under my house

[@TalonWay]

as ex negvist, 1000 bullet burset. the barrel was a little bit white but not any close to red overheat. it was at 2009.

[@DroneWildFPV]

Awesome video as always!!

[@marktreston2982]

Appreciate all the research you do for all your videos. As a former history professor I always learn something new from you. Thank you for your videos.

[@murdock1655]

Well... love that you talk in meters not feed. Makes everything so easy

[@aleksanderczajka6072]

Love it, "limited to firing from low capacity (30 rounds) magazines". We need to start calling them low capacity.

[@JustAnother_Millennial]

NIce video today man, ngl it's kinda nice to throw in a solid apolitical one every now and then, especially during these global times. Idk if you've done one on this yet but next time you should explain the unusual looking yet extremely useful helmets that the IDF often uses... I heard its used for everything from shelter to water collection, turnikit, signaling friendlies/non-friendlies etc... if it's up your alley of course. 😅

[@TheVeteransRabbi]

My son-in-law is an armorer I'm a givati reserve battalion, they've had souch trouble with the Negev tons of breakdowns, barrel overheats etc , zero issues with the MAG or Tavor it needs to go back on the drawing board..

[@antonstepanov488]

That was the first time ever I actually rewatched a KZbin ad 😂 GJ

[@PurpleSixBeats]

Your video ads are actually enjoyable to watch, not like others.

[@NotHunterCooper]

The way the Nevev is employed during nighttime operations is pretty sweet. Negevistim (negev operators) are equipt with a PVS-14 monocular and an IR LAM is mounted on the NEGEV, allowing the operator to aim "from the hip" while maintaining optimal situational awareness. Also, the "Negevon" is the SF varient, basically the same thing as a standard Negev, but the stock is replaced with an AR buffer tube/stock, and the barrel is like 10 inches long. Super cool

[@Menaceblue3]

I asked the machine gun to not be so "negative"

[@mukkah]

So like with the monocle you get a view feed of some sort from the guns sight? O.o

[@chaospunks49]

no. the LAM projects Infra red laser, which the soldier can see through the monocle @@mukkah

[@CheekyMenace]

I must say, that was a true top notch best actor award performance by Cappy in that Goat Gun commercial!

[@jimhicken2470]

Buddy, you need to be getting more from your sponsors. You make you “live read” type ads so funny I never skip past them. Keep up the good work!

[@user-mg8rg6zn6v]

love Israel from iran

[@dannyzero692]

I hope you live long life, our friends.

[@DieterVanHolder]

I was a Minimi gunner in the Belgian army and can confirm it would jam all the time. It would need constant maintenance

[@5jjt]

As soon as I got out of basic/ait to my new unit, the saw gunner in my section knew he was able to give it to me to carry because I was the "new guy". I carried that saw through Iraq and was glad i had it. It was comforting. Id say more so than an M4.

[@TheSpritz0]

As a VET one of the MOST versatile and incredibly (!!!) reliable LMG's I have experience in combat with was the RPK and RPK-74, just phenomenal!!!

[@tejasborse2643]

Indian army uses Negev NG 7 machine gun and now they are making it standard issue SAW weapon 💪💪💪

[@DoggyBingBong]

Pfull support saar

[@kunduraci30]

​@@DoggyBingBongfull support saar😂 while israelis doesnt even see indians as human beings 😂 its so sad that billion people supports a group that hates them and get disgusted by them.

[@teapotserving6975]

Bhai, I am also from India. And I don't understand why we stand with Isreal? Whatever is happening today is a fault of both Isreali and hamas fault. My blessings for innocent Palestinian suffering in the conflicts.

[@fightingfalcon1986]

That's not the only one... currently exists a Negev NG7 chambered in 7.62 × 51 mm NATO. This one serves as the (in British Army parliance) as GPMG albeit being more compact than many of their competitors (such as FN MAG, M240 and the German MG 3).

[@redshogun444]

Ain’t no way I got an ad for goat guns while watching an ad for goat guns.

[@bystander2009]

Digging the comments for CSGO or CS references is like looking for the needle in the haystack

[@tw1r0y]

You said the commander needs to consider the weight of the Negev, maybe, depends who’s holding the Negev. In my experience the Negevist is a big guy that’s been doing everything with the bloody sinker and often can do more with the Negev on than other teammates with a Tavor.

[@anotherbacklog]

So Cappy was a SAW gunner, that makes him the slightly above average infantryman.

[@leehongjin6884]

Combat specialist Negev She's all you need

[@norad_clips]

Them’s fightin’ words, commander…

[@davesprivatelounge]

Put Negev in the title and you're gonna pull a lot more CSGO fans to this video

[@humanbass]

From all I have seen, the Negev is way better than the 249

[@LIL-T08]

as an israeli, my favorite part of your videos is you trying to pronounce hebrew names

[@user-zn6ek8bf8p]

Your commercials are freaking hilarious I actually enjoy watching them. You are the only KZbinr who is commercials I don’t skip through😂

[@trespire]

And the best part is it's got a built in bottle opener ! Nothing tastes quite like a hot bottle of non alcoholic Maccabi malt beer in the middle of nowhere to wash down the dust.

[@josephfranzen9196]

Cappy! I didn’t know you were a fellow 249 dude. Every OIF deployment I lugged that thing around. That being said, once I eventually wasn’t an E nothing who was still wondering how I had ended up in the infantry, I absolutely fell in love with the SAW. 7-10 round bursts when you’ve got yours talking to the other SAW gunner makes you feel like you’ve got a massive dong. Which to be clear I do not 😫

[@dant0s]

Actually the combat units don’t use anymore the Tavor, they use the X-95 variant

[@Fuck_whoever_took_my_name]

Best ad yet Cappy

[@gooner72]

The FN MAG, or L7A2 GPMG as it's known in my country, has.... and still does.... stands the test of time as it is STILL being used for various tasks. It's old enough that my Dad used it during his 3 year stint on National Service as a Grenadier Guardsman back in 1962, if she's been around for that long, it's a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!!!" I also got to use it when I was A)14 years old as an Army cadet.... by Christ did it give me a shock.....and again at 16 years old when I joined the British Army. Loved it then and I still do.

[@BubushiByNature]

Cappi, great material as always, ❤, just wanted to say, that there is no need for you to try so hard being a balanced reporter... We all know where your heart lies! We're all fighting the same purpose! Keep well and keep the free world free!

[@unsafe_dB_level]

The M4 at 5:04 is actually a "rubber duck" inert training aid, bane of average infantrymen everywhere. I can kinda understand someone mistaking a Kord for a PKM, though.

[@lando8913]

Quack

[@unsafe_dB_level]

@@lando8913 ngl, not the first time I've been called a 🦆

[@thedigitaldummy3098]

The combat specialist who makes Judge’s life a living nightmare. Oh and I guess she appears in CS as well.

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

Your sponsor advertisements are excellent! I never skip ahead as they are hilarious and worth the watch.

[@v.kpareek790]

Israel 💪 🇮🇱 jindabad india 🇮🇳 ❤️ love to Israel

[@Tamir-Barkahan]

Based Hindu

[@NE-BO]

But does it have a bottle opener like the Galil?

[@Yaron2412]

Excellent and informative. The proper way to pronounce the names Negev and Tavor: Negev is named after an Israeli southern desert. Stress the NE in NEgev, as in CLEver. Tavor is named after an Israeli northern mountain. Stress the VOR in TaVOR, as in beFORE.

[@seanfoltz7645]

Sounds like a really good SAW, although I might question how it will handle colder and wet climes, but that's fine because it was designed to fight in an area that's a desert. That's one of the big advantages small countries like Israel have over large, "global power" countries - they don't have to design their weapons and ammo to perform in any and every environment, instead, they only have to function in their home environment, which means they can customize them to function VERY well in that environment without having to worry about how they'll function somewhere else.

[@shashanktrivedi27]

My country adopted Negev ng7 which fires NATO 7.62 mm rounds as light machine gun and it is replacing 7.62. mm Bren l4 and 5.56 mm insas. Negev NATO 5.45 ng5 is used as saw for special forces.

[@tm2bow653]

India?

[@shashanktrivedi27]

@@tm2bow653 Yes

[@teapotserving6975]

​@@shashanktrivedi27​@shashanktrivedi27 I am from India, too. But I don't understand one thing: why do you support Israel? Do you know whatever is happening today is a result of both Isreal and Hamas committing atrocities or oppression against one another? As Indians, we should support innocent Palestinian people suffering and think about some long-term peaceful ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestine. Rather than supporting Israel or hamas, Palestine should be free from both Israel and Hamas...

[@joshuaboudreau5258]

Thank you for the disclaimer.

[@lelandtheinvincible2747]

I don't agree with the points saying the PKM had a lack of mobility due to its size and weight, but the optics point was spot on. With the 200rd box, it's surprisingly well balanced, so felt similar to my SAW with all our "cool-guy stuff" strapped onto it. (I'm ancient, so it was a PEQ-2, Elcan-145, and Surefire whatever the green one that took two 123s and lasted for ~4 hours...)

[@alexad669]

The Negev 5.56 is replaced now in IDF to Negev 7.62

[@shaked7680]

not replaced, just a new version

[@Noah-jx8qw]

he said this in the video

[@arielgaralnick9279]

Not in all units

[@user-zc7ph6rz2d]

Ex Israeli officer here, it's my favorite to operate out of all the weapons system the idf has..

[@eegplantforlife9306]

it is desined so that when you pop your head over a hill of in a wooded environment the structure of the helmet would be blurred by the shape of the "miznefet"@@HubertofLiege

[@ddegn]

@@HubertofLiege It's to hide the helmet's shape. It's a form a camouflage. Hopefully someone from the IDF will chime in.

[@demnbrown]

​​@HubertofLiege its a mitznefet it, breaks up the silhouette of a human head and it is super effective in urban and rocky enviornments

[@mukkah]

Making headshots harder and maybe for weather / environmental protections were my plebeian guesses@@demnbrown

[@sagimichael7993]

​@@HubertofLiegeit breaks the shape of your head and makes it harder to spot you and it also makes camouflaging easier we started using it as lessons learned from the first Lebanon war

[@_SYDNA_]

Describing Weapons and uses. You're back in your zone and know all about this. I'm listening and learning.

[@Paladin1873]

I like the idea of a semi auto feature.

[@gomimaninoakland]

The isralis and the vietnamese did not make a joint production line in vietnam in 1957. The plant that first named Z 11 and later renamed Z 111 was created in 1957. But at the time it was in North vietnam and they were supporting an insurgence against south vietnam and at the time the us was in support of south vietnamese. So IWI was not doing business with them. The vietnamese and the Israeli came to an agreement to build a joint production facility in vietnam in 2014. and worked on a highly modified IWI Galil ACE which had more Ak parts and was in 7.62 x 39 and used ak mags this starts being issued in 2019 they also make IWI Jericho 941 pistols. But no this did not start in 1957

[@FlinnGaidin]

I don't think that's what he meant, but it was what it sounded like... I think he only meant the factory was built then, but his wording was slightly off.

[@Blacksheep1042]

Shalom from Israel, As part of the war needs Negev 7 - 7.62 Nato is pushed to the forces prior to Entry ( To Gaza/war zone). Extensive short introduction and operating 1 day program is possible due to same ergonomics with Negev 5.56. - By official IDF reports to ENG-Media in Israel. Be blessed, healthy, free and prosper.

[@paterson90]

I think it's cool that the IDF decided to model the weapon from CSGO!

[@JoshuaC923]

The best goat gun ads😂😂😂

[@johnwinter7597]

My goat gun conversion fires great and so easy to conceal 😊

[@Mercutian506]

The crew-served at 16:59 is actually a KORD rather than a PKM.

[@ifv2089]

Actually 😂

[@kruger7796]

@@ifv2089 Quite the difference. Good on him to point it out.

[@ifv2089]

Oh Why smactuActually it is such an insane observation, bravo 👏 Amazing 🙌 cookies 🍪 for everyone 😋

[@kruger7796]

@@ifv2089 Haha, I only mentioned it since there is a significant difference between a KORD and a squad light machine gun. Especially a PKM since it's on the light side when it comes to LMG's. I enjoy the FN Minimi and the MAG just as much as any NATO Andy but the PKM is one of the best LMG's out there for sure. It might not be as robust as the NATO equivalence but any soldier knows that you do a lot of walking and carrying this equipment around. That's where the PKM is nice. Plus, you're also able to carry more ammo. The soviets got a winner with this one for sure.

[@ifv2089]

@@kruger7796 hahaha evey lizard in the comments is an lmg gunner 😅😅...🤣 or real warrior. 🤣 Funny shit thinking of all the comment warriors. 🤣 And there wars everywhere atm why yall here! I can just see the next rambo movie he comes to his basement to jump on the comments educate everyone on exploding arrows and knives kills

[@BiGDuke6Actual]

I believe(years earlier, when the IDF was using the FN C2), the Israeli Defnse Forces referred to their squad LMG guy's as 'Mag-ists'. Always liked that one

[@MrPickledede]

My brother was a Magist in the IDF in the early 90s

[@a.N.....]

so basically the negev is the best squad automatic weapon ever made. armies should take note.

[@GameControlYT]

Cost $1700