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. In the late 1970s, South Africa was involved in an international controversy over apartheid and …

Feb 7, 2025 · The SS-77, with its resemblance to a Westernized PKM in appearance and its comparability to some of the best general-purpose machine guns, including the world-famous PKM, holds great potential. However, its reduced proliferation has affected its export potential.

Oct 13, 2023 · The SS-77 (named for its two designers, Richard Joseph Smith and Lazlo Soregi) began development in 1977, with initially prototypes built by Lyttleton Engineering Works in 1978. The design took elements from several other excellent machine guns – the side-locking action form the SG43 Goryunov, the barrel release and feed mechanism from the ...

Feb 4, 2019 · The SS-77 is a belt-fed weapon and utilizes the R1M1 disintegrating link belt. It is chambered to fire the 7.62x51mm NATO standard cartridge. Belts are fed into the receiver from the left hand side and spent casings emerge from the right.

Jan 7, 2011 · Air-cooled, gas-operated, belt-fed general purpose machine gun (GPMG). Denel. 7.62x51mm NATO. 9.6kg (complete weapon), 2.5kg (barrel). 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. 1.155m (butt extended), 0.94m (butt folded).

SS-77, SS 77 or SS77 may refer to: USS O-16 (SS-77), a United States Navy submarine which saw service during World War I; Vektor SS-77, a machine gun manufactured by the South African company Denel Land Systems; Texas State Highway …

The SS77 is a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), firing 7,62 mm x 51 mm ammunition. The SS77 is gas-operated, firing from an open breech, with positive side-locking. The weapon has a quick-release barrel, folding bi-pod and butt.

The Vector SS-77 is the standard General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) of the South African Army. For decades, South Africa has relied on foreign munitions suppliers, including the Belgians and their excellent FN MAG GPMG.

The Vektor SS-77 is a South African general-purpose machine gun designed in the late 1970s to replace the FN MAG in South African military service. It is a belt-fed, air-cooled, gas-operated weapon chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge.

The Vektor SS-77 is a general purpose machine gun designed by Vektor Arms from South Africa. In the late 1970s, South Africa was involved in an international controversy over apartheid and the South African Border War in Angola.