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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Defence Ministry signed contract to procure 16, 479 light machine guns from which country?
A
Iran
B
Russia
C
USA
D
Israel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -IWI’s Negev 7.62: LIGHT MACHINE GUN FOR INDIAN ARMY - YouTube.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, the Danish Minister of War, and that the Royal Danish Army adopted in 1902. It was the world’s first true light machine gun produced in quantity and Madsen was able to sell it in 12 calibres to over 34 countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -The NG-7 is a modernized version of the Negev NG-5, a light machine gun with a 5.56x45mm NATO caliber. The NG-7 has a 20-inch barrel and uses the larger and more powerful 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge.

Detailed explanation-4: -The MG42 was designed in Germany in 1938, and it was placed in action on all fronts by mid-1942. Its original calibre was 7.92 mm, but when West Germany entered the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the weapon’s bore was modified to fire the NATO standard rifle and machine-gun cartridge of 7.62 mm.

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