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 Ammunition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In western (NATO) forces, the 7.62 mm NATO round has been mostly replaced by the lighter 5.56 mm NATO round, which is better suited for automatic fire than the larger round and each soldier can carry more ammunition.
Other nations, especially forces with former ties to the Soviet Union tend to use rifles related to or devleoped from the AK-47 with similar sized rounds to the NATO ones.
The larger caliber ammunition is still retained where range and weight of shot is important eg machine guns and sniper rifles.
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 Selection of best ammunition for a defensive rifle
he 7.62 x 39 is capable of penetrating 3/8-inch steel plate.
7.62 x 39 mm Soviet Caliber: (7.62 mm Russian Short, 7.62 mm M43 Combloc)
he 5.56 x 45 mm cartridge is a standard NATO rifle round.
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 Badminton Central Discussion Forums - Rifle Ammunition Specs
Choice is obvious as the 7.62 mm NATO is still a backbone of the NATO armies and many other forces in the world.
The 7.62 mm NATO caliber sniping systems are easily manouverable and usefull at ranges up to 800 meters.
The.338 caliber FMJBT-type bullet typically weighing 16.2 g (250 gr) is less sensitive for crosswind and has better ballistic coefficient than the.30 caliber bullets available.
www.badmintoncentral.com /forums/showthread.php?t=18041   (2192 words)

  
 5.56 mm caliber - TheBestLinks.com - 5.56mm caliber, AK-47, Ammunition, Hydrostatic shock, ...
It was used as an alternative to the previous NATO standard ammunition size, 7.62 mm caliber.
The bullet itself is 0.75 inches (20 mm) long and 0.25 inches (5.56 mm) in diameter.
The cartridge is approximately 2.25 inches (57 mm) long and 0.38 inches (9.7 mm) in diameter.
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 7.62 x 39 mm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The change was a response to the NATO switch from the 7.62 mm cartridge to 5.56 x 45 mm NATO.
Since approximately 1990 the 7.62 x 39 mm cartridge has seen some use in hunting arms in the US for hunting game up to the size of whitetail deer, as it is approximately as powerful as the old.30-30 Winchester round.
The Soviet 7.62× 39 mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II for the SKS carbine.
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 ★ AK-47/74/100 series Russian Arms, Military Technology, Analysis of Russia's Military Forces
In the 1990s, Izhmash designers developed the unified complex of Kalashnikov assault rifles chambered for domestic 7.62 x 39mm, 5.45 x 39mm cartridges as well as the 5.56 x 45mm NATO cartridge to expand the export capabilities of the enterprise.
In the near future, the complex will be supplemented by such light machine guns as the RPK-101 (chambered for the NATO 5.56 x 45 cartridge), the RPK-102 (chambered for the 5.45 x 39 cartridge) and the RPK-103 (chambered for the 7.62 x 39 cartridge).
When caliber 5.45 x 39 mm weapons were introduced into mass production to replace the rifles in 7.62 x 39 mm, it was discovered that most of the Russian traditional foreign customers would think twice before placing firm purchase orders.
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 Encyclopedia: 30 mm caliber
The 30 mm caliber is a standard size of heavy machine gun (specifically autocannon) ammunition used by NATO forces.
Crewman relinking 25 mm rounds The 25 mm caliber is a standard size of heavy machine gun (specifically autocannon) ammunition for NATO forces.
Unlike its cousin the 25 mm round, the 30 mm is not typically an anti-personnel round.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/30-mm-caliber   (844 words)

  
 Cartridge (firearms) - QuickSeek Encyclopedia
For example, the 7.62 x 51 mm uses a bore diameter of 7.62 mm and has an overall case length of 51 mm.
.30-06, (approx 7.7 mm) the standard US Army rifle cartridge for the first half of the 20th century.
In the 1950's it was the standard NATO cartridge for rifles, but recoil and weight proved problematic for the new assault rifles designs such as the FN FAL.
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 wiki/AKM Definition / wiki/AKM Research
The.50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2 machine gun, the 7.62 mm NATO M60 machine gun and the M134 minigun are examples of fully-automatic weapons, as are the autocannon mounted on any number of military aircraft and used in other military applications for point defense and/or anti-aircraft defense....
AKM 7.62 × 39 mm: a revised, lower-cost version of the AK-47; receiver is made from several pieces of stamped sheet-metal riveted together and a revized muzzle flash suppressor.
The standard AK-47 or AKM fires a 7.62 × 39 mm round with a muzzle velocity of 710 m/s.
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 Military bullet wound patterns
The construction of the West German 7.62 mm NATO bullet differs from the US 7.62 mm NATO round in that, the jacket material is copper plated steel, whereas the US version is copper (or the so called gilding metal alloy, which is predominantly copper).
Sovjet and Chinese 7.62 x 54 mm R (Rimmed case) - This bullet, although not nearly as common as the AK-47 or the others discussed above, is included because it is currently used in the Dragunov sniper rifle and the Communist bloc light machine-guns.
A modern military 7.62 mm bullet (with all-lead core) will lose only about one-third of its muzzle velocity over 467 m; the same weight bullet with a round-nose shape loses more than one-half of its velocity over the same distance.
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 AK-47 - Metaweb
AKM 7.62 × 39 mm: a revised, lower-cost version of the AK-47; receiver is made from several pieces of stamped sheet-metal riveted together and a revized muzzle flash suppressor.
It is claimed that, as a result of combat experience in Afghanistan and Chechnya, the Russian army wants to go back to the old 7.62 x 39 mm cartridge and use a rifle designated AK-103.
The various Warsaw Pact countries were mostly slowly converting to the new 5.45 x 39 mm cartridge when the Soviet Union ceased to exist, making various derivative 5.45 x 39 mm calibre rifles with varying degrees of slight difference from the Russian AK-74.
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 ARMORED Toyota Land Cruiser LC105 -- Level B6
Calibre 7.62 x 51 mm, FJ/PB/SC, “FAL”/”LAR” Nato rifle
Calibre 7.62 x 51 mm, FJ/PB/SC, “FAL”/”LAR” Nato rifle.
Calibre 7.62 x 39 mm, FJ/PB/SC, AK 47, (Kalashnikov) OBR-43 PS Calibre 5.45 x 39.5 mm, AP,FJ/PB/SCP, AKS 74, (Kalashnikov) OBR-74
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 Where is that TFL primer when I need it? - TheFiringLine Forums
Developed by Saive (a protege of John Browning) at Fabrique Nationale of Belgium, it was not a true assault rifle in the strict sense as it was chambered for the full power 7.62 x 51 Nato cartridge.
Designed by Simonov, the SKS is a fixed magazine semiautomatic rifle chambered for the intermediate 7.62 x 39 mm cartridge.
The Belgian developed FN FAL (Fabrique Nationale Fusil Automatique Leger) is a 7.62 NATO (.308) rifle.
www.thefiringline.com /forums/showthread.php?t=14293   (993 words)

  
 Stoppa Click Here for anti-rifle plates
Our NIJ Level III Multi-Hit Tactical, anti-Rifle Plate is the lightest plate in the world against rifle threats of up to 7& X 51 mm FMJ NATO BALL from military machine guns.
This plate will also stop AK47, 7& X 39 mm, AK74, 5.45 X 40 mm with mild steel core and all lower assault / hunting rifles including ALL handgun projectiles.
Stops also 5.56 x 45 FMJ Nato Ball with lead core and all lower assault / hunting rifles with a vest backing including ALL handgun projectiles.
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 Gunwriters' Questions and Answers, Part 14.
That's why the Finns use caliber designation 8.2 x 57 mm from 7.9 x 57 JS Mauser cartridges and 8.2 x 53R from the "factory wildcat", based on the necked-up 7.62 x 53R case.
All kind of hunting was banned with 7.62 x 53R caliber military rifles; at least these rifles in possession of Army personnel and members of Finnish Civil Guard, the Suojeluskunta.
As far as I know, the 47 mm kranaatinheitin malli 1941 was never produced in quantity or issued to troops - even during the trench warfare ("asemasota-vaihe") of 3rd Finnish Independence War, which was mainly a trench war since early 1942 until June 1944.
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 SBA Level IV Rifle Plate - 20 Hit Capacity - SBA7216
Stops 5.56 X 45 mm Nato, SS109, AK47, 7.62 X 39 mm, AK74, 5.45 X 40 mm, 7.62 X 51 mm Nato AP, all lesser hunting projectiles+ AP projectiles.
This plate will NOT stop WC projectiles.  Constructed of both Dyneema and AL203 Alumina Ceramic balls, which gives the plate a multi hit capability of approx 20 shots per 10x12 plate (if 30mm between the shots).
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 7.62 mm caliber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The two most commonly referred to, due to their military use, are the Soviet 7.62 x 39 mm ("7.62 Soviet" or "7.62 short") and the 7.62 × 51 mm NATO, aka the.308 Winchester.
7.62 mm refers to the diameter of the lands in the barrel (see article on rifling for description of lands).
The 7.62 x 54 mm R was first used in the Mosin-Nagant rifle in 1891.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/7.62_mm_caliber   (151 words)

  
 7.62 mm Versus 5.56 mm - Does NATO Really Need Two Standard
The large size of the 147-grain 7.62 mm projectile is more than sufficient to incorporate significant improvements in lethality and penetration.
This cartridge propelled a small 125 grain bullet at a relatively moderate muzzle velocity of 2,100 fps (636 mps), Paralleling the evolution of the 7.9 mm Kurz was the development of a new, compact, select-fire rifle chambered for the new ammu- nition.
During the years just prior to World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army replaced their 6.5mm (.256 Caliber) rifle ammuni- tion with a 7.7mm (.303 Caliber) cartridge due to the smaller round's poor lethality and its inability to penetrate barriers and effectively stop enemy troops.
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 5.56 x 45 mm NATO - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the time of selection, there had been criticism that the 7.62 x 51 mm round was overpowered for modern assault rifles, and smaller alternatives had been tendered.
The cartridge is 57 mm (approximately 2.25 inches) long and 9.7 mm (0.38 inches) in diameter.
The bullet itself is 0.75 inches (20 mm) long and 0.224 inches (5.7 mm) in diameter.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/5.56mm_caliber   (1030 words)

  
 seven_misc.txt
It fires a 7.62 mm NATO cartridge and weighs 8.7 pounds unloaded against 9.6 pounds for the M-1 (Garand).
The basic manual for the M-14 FM 23-8, Government Exhibit 30, reads as follows: "The M-14 rifle is a 7.62 mm magazine fed, gas operated, air cooled, semiautomatic shoulder-type weapon.
The M-14 is designed primarily for semiautomatic fire but can be converted to automatic fire by installing a selector." An article appearing in the American Rifleman, June 1957, entitled "New Service Rifle," Government Exhibit 29, contains the following: "The new U.S. Army rifle M-14 was known as T44 during development.
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 WHAT
First was due to the fact that the larger 7.62 mm round needed a bigger explosive charge to propel it at the desired 900 meters per second.
Even though the INSAS 5.56 mm rifle has been around for a few years now, but there doesn’t seem enough of them for most of our troops still carry the AK-47 or the old Ishapore 7.62 mm semi-automatic rifle.
Ever since the US army introduced the Eugene Stoner designed M-16, a 5.56 mm caliber automatic rifle in the latter stages of the Vietnam War, the 5.56 weapon has been the NATO standard.
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 .223 Remington -
A sporting cartridge of almost the same physical dimensions as the 5.56 x 45 mm NATO cartridge but with a difference in the "lead" of the chamber throat.
.223 Remington ammunition is among the least expensive centerfire calibers and is often used by avid target shooters, particularly in the "high power rifle" category.
The latter category are often used by law enforcement, for home defense, and for varmint hunting (especially farm and ranch work, after which Ruger named a version of its Mini-14 the "Ranch Rifle").
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 American Rifleman: 7.62 mm NATO cartridge: A first-hand account from the U.S. representative at the Pendine Trials, The
The 7.62 mm NATO cartridge was, in fact, the subject of the first NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG 2310) assuring the battlefield interchangeability of ammunition among the NATO allies.
Promptly rechristened as the 7.62 mm NATO, the new ammunition was also officially adopted by the U.S. in 1954 as the new national standard ammunition for rifles and rifle-caliber machine guns.
The experimental ammunition was at first identified as "Caliber.30 short" and later as "Caliber.30 T65" and "Caliber.30 Light-Rifle" before its standardization as 7.62 mm NATO ammunition early in 1954.
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 Armor piercing small caliber projectile - Patent 4619203
The first is the reintroduction of the steel nosed lead bullet in such forms as the new NATO 5.56 mm round (called the "M855 by the U.S. Army).
It would seem that little further could be done to improve the 5.56 mm round, since 5.56 mm is too small to reduce its caliber further to give a saboted round, except perhaps to single flechette, and as yet flechette rifle rounds have all been abandoned as unseccessful.
A small caliber armor-piercing bullet is described in which a case hardened steel nosed lead projectile is utilized to help reduce projectile fragmentation at impact.
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 Reflex Suppressors
The size and number of baffles (6) of the Trooper suppressor have been optimized for 7.62 mm NATO caliber battle rifles, yet it is adaptable for other arms, too.
The muzzle-mounted KRS suppressor is especially designed for the 5.45 mm M74, 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm M43 caliber Kalashnikov type assault rifles with a left-handed metric M14 x 1 muzzle thread.
The tube diameter is 27 mm, and the overall length is 140 mm.
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 7.62 mm caliber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The two most commonly referred to, due to their military use, are the Soviet 7.62 x 39 mm ("7.62 Soviet" or "7.62 short") and the 7.62 × 51 mm NATO, aka the.308 Winchester.
The 7.62 x 54 mm R was first used in the Mosin-Nagant rifle in 1891.
7.62 mm refers to the diameter of the lands in the barrel (see article on rifling for description of lands).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/7.62_mm_caliber   (163 words)

  
 Articles - Cartridge (firearms)
For example, the 7.62 x 51 mm uses a bore diameter of 7.62 mm and has an overall case length of 51 mm.
7.62 x 39 mm cartridges are used in the Kalashnikov AK-47.
.30-06, (approx 7.7 mm) the standard US Army rifle cartridge for the first half of the 20th century.
www.nowize.com /articles/Cartridge_(weaponry)   (2571 words)

  
 7.62 X 39 Ammo, 7.62 X 39 Ammo information
X 57, 7 X 64, 7-30, 7.62, 7.62 X 39,7.62 X 54R, 7.65, 7MM, 8MM, 9.3...
45 ACP 50 Cal. Projectiles 7.62 X 39 9MM Flechettes/Misc.
Weatherby Magnum 7mm Remington Ultra Magnum 7.62 x 39.30-30 Winchester.308 Winchester.30-06...
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 Miscellaneous Questions 4
It must also be noted that all 5.56 x 45 mm NATO ammunition (such as US M855) requires a 1:9" twist or faster rifling to stabilize the long 62 gr ball bullet and a 1:7" twist to stabilize the extremely long tracer variation.
The cartridge cases themselves are substantially identical with the exception that the NATO specification rounds (those marked with the NATO "cross in circle" mark) have substantially thicker cases than the commercial variety and slightly different tolerances on some dimensions.
The cartridge cases themselves are effectively identical with the exception that military and/or NATO specification rounds (those marked with the NATO "cross in circle" mark) may have thicker cases and are thus able to withstand stretching better when fired in loose chambered military weapons (done for reliability purposes).
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