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The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.
The 7.62×39mm (also called 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) [5] round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern rifles , the SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the RPD / RPK light machine guns.
Pages in category "7.62×39mm assault rifles" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. ... AR-M1; AS-44; B. Beretta ARX160; C. Chropi rifle; Colt ...
The RPD fires from an open bolt in full auto only. There is no provision for semi-auto fire, although RPD gunners were trained to fire in short bursts to prolong the life of the non-quick-change barrels. The RPD feeds ammunition from the left side using a metallic, open-link, non-disintegrating belt typically holding 100 rounds of 7.62x39 ...
7.62×42mm SP-4: 1983–present replaced all previous noiseless pistols [3] PSS-2 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (modernized; 7.62×45mm SP-16) Soviet Union: NRS-2 NR-2 (survival kit instead of pistol) 7.62×42mm SP-4: 1986–present NRS (initial variant; 7.62×35mm SP-3) knife / single-shot noiseless pistol designed to complement ...
The AK-104 is a 314mm (12.4 in) barreled carbine in the AK-100 series of rifles, the dimensions of the gun is the same to other carbines of the AK-100 series.. However, the AK-104 also features a solid, side-folding polymer stock, unlike the shorter, skeleton-stocked AKS-74U.
Pages in category "7.62×39mm firearms" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
7.62 RK 56 TP – Modified Type 56-2 in China for Finnish use, with a new hammer spring that allows firing of Finnish 7.62x39. [21] QBZ-56C (Type 56C) – Short-barrel version, introduced in 1991 for the domestic and export market. The QBZ-56C as it is officially designated in China, is a carbine variant of the Type 56-2 and supplied in limited ...