Zafir

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The Zafir 7.62 mm is a light machine gun mass-produced by China. It is said to be based on a copied Israeli design, which spawned a lengthy legal conflict that still remains unresolved. The Zafir is a gas-powered automatic firearm, that uses easily replaceable ammo boxes carrying up to 150 rounds. 7.62 mm caliber ammunition gives the Zafir an advantage over BLUFOR MX SW weapons when compared in power and range, but the weapon itself is heavier and less maneuverable. Field Manual

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Zafir 7.62 mm
Faction	CSAT
Type	Light Machine Gun / SAW
Calibre	7.62×54 mmR
Magazine capacity	150
Dispersion	0.00131 rad
Mass	320
Variants	None
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The Zafir is a 7.62 mm light machine gun used exclusively by Mediterranean CSAT forces in ArmA 3.

Overview

The Zafir is a belt fed, gas operated selective-fire light machine gun that is chambered to fire 7.62×54 mm rounds.

It feeds from 150-round linked belts stored in cloth pouches, and has a rate of fire of 952 rounds per minute (depending on fire mode) with a muzzle velocity of 860 m/s. The Zafir accepts top and side rail accessories but cannot mount any muzzle attachments. It has an integrated bipod fitted beneath the forward end of the handguard.

The Zafir combines a large belt capacity with decent stopping power and a high fire rate.

Despite its heavy recoil, the Zafir provides superb firepower in a small package for CSAT infantry squads. Because it is chambered in 7.62 mm as opposed to 6.5 mm, it outmatches the Mk200 in almost every situation - not only in terms of range, but also when it comes to stopping power and penetration.

The primary downside to the Zafir stems from its excessive recoil and heavier weight. It is more difficult to control when not firing from a stable position, and the number of reserve belts that the user can carry will be limited if they wish to avoid overburdening themselves.

In contrast, the Mk200 has fifty more rounds per belt, is very controllable even when firing on full auto, and is also much lighter to wield. Lastly, it is unable to mount a suppressor like the Mk200 is able to and as such, is ill-suited for scenarios that require stealth.

Ammunition

Base damage value	Aerodynamic friction	Initial velocity (m/s)	Penetration depth (mm)
11.6	-0.0012	860	23.22

The Zafir can be fed with two types of belt pouches. They both have "mass" values of 50 units:

7.62 mm 150Rnd Box

Standard linked belt with 7.62×54 mm ball rounds.

Contains one tracer for every five rounds. The last four rounds always consist of visible tracers.

7.62 mm 150Rnd Tracer (Green) Box

Tracer belt pouch. The entire belt consists of visible green tracers.

Trivia

As stated in its Field Manual entry, the Zafir is directly based on the Israeli-made "NEGEV NG-7" designed by the Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). The NG7 is a variant of the baseline NEGEV LMG family that is chambered to fire 7.62×51 mm NATO ammunition as opposed to 5.56 mm. The Zafir also features what appears to be an aftermarket stock manufactured by FAB Defense as part of its furniture. Prior to the Beta's release, the Mk200 served as a placeholder LMG for CSAT automatic riflemen during the Alpha before it was eventually replaced by the Zafir. Along with the Rahim, the Zafir was initially chambered to fire 7.62×51 mm NATO ammunition like its real-life counterpart. This was later re-factored to 7.62×54 mm instead after the Marksmen DLC was released as part of Game Update 1.42. In spite of this, when zoomed in closely it is still possible to see "7.62×51 mm" engraved into the base of the casing. Pacific CSAT forces do not use the Zafir as they utilise the LSW variant of the CAR-95 series as their squad automatic weapon instead. The information below details unused, pre-release or removed content. Zafir configured to accept 7.62 mm suppressors with the unused proxy. The Zafir's model has an unused proxy that would enable the user to fit attachments onto its muzzle. However, the Zafir is not configured by default to be able to do so even though there are 7.62 mm suppressors available for mounting. Interestingly, the Zafir does have sound effects for firing the weapon when suppressed, though these are older sound effects that predate the new sound shader system introduced in the Marksmen DLC.

Gallery

External links

• Wikipedia: IWI Negev

See also

Weapons of comparable role and configuration

• MX SW (NATO counterpart)
• SPAR-16S (CTRG counterpart, ArmA 3: Apex only)
• CAR-95-1 (Pacific CSAT counterpart, ArmA 3: Apex only)
• RPK-12 (Russian Spetsnaz counterpart, ArmA 3: Contact only)
• Mk200 (AAF/FIA counterpart)
• LIM-85 (Syndikat/Loyalist counterpart, ArmA 3: Apex only)

CSAT - Armoury (ArmA 3)
Handguns	Rook-40 9 mm • Zubr .45
Submachine guns	Sting 9 mm
Carbines	Katiba Carbine 6.5 mm
Assault rifles	CAR-95 series (CAR-95, CAR-95 GL) • Katiba 6.5 mm (Katiba GL) • SDAR 5.56 mm • Type 115 6.5 mm*
Designated marksman rifles	ASP-1 Kir 12.7 mm • CMR-76 6.5 mm • Cyrus 9.3 mm • Rahim 7.62 mm
Sniper rifles	GM6 Lynx 12.7 mm
Squad automatic weapons	CAR-95-1 5.8 mm • Zafir 7.62 mm
Machineguns	Navid 9.3 mm
Launchers	9M135 Vorona • RPG-42 • Titan MPRL • Titan MPRL Compact
Static	Mk6 Mortar • Mk30 • Mk32 • Remote Designator • Static Titan Launcher (AA, AT)
(Parenthesis) denote variants. * denotes weapons exclusive to the Viper sub-faction. Marksmen DLC | Apex DLC | Tanks DLC