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The production of commercial ammunition for competition shooting and hunting purposes was further extended. The company expanded into the Asian and South American markets. Based on the invention of its managing director František Blechta, the company became the only manufacturer of silver azide in the world.
Below is a list of rimfire cartridges (RF), ordered by caliber, small to large. Rimfire ammunition is a type of metallic cartridge whose primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing. The most common rimfire cartridges are chambered for .17 caliber and .22 caliber. The bullet diameter for .17 ...
During World War II the Western Cartridge Company made 7.92mm Mauser ammunition for the Chinese Nationalists. The original Ball bullets made in 1942 had Gilding-Metal-clad jackets and the later Alternate Ball versions made from 1943 to 1944 had Gilding-Metal-Coated-Steel (GMCS) jackets.
Red Army Standard Ammunition is a trademark associated with Century International Arms (CIA), an arms and ammunition corporation in Delray Beach, Florida, United States. [2] The official spelling of the brand's name is faux Cyrillic , written as RЭD АRMY STAИDARD.
This is a list of Confederate arms manufacturers. The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by thirteen Southern states that had declared their secession from the United States. The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil ...
Of towed artillery in NATO service, some countries still use old Cold War US and Soviet, or even World War II US, towed artillery pieces, as well as US self-propelled artillery from the Cold War. In terms of modern non-self-propelled artillery in NATO, there is the L118 light gun , as well as the FH70 , both of which are used by multiple NATO ...
It is equipped with an S&B PMII Ultra Short optical sight for long-range engagements. Limited quantity, used by BFS. [18] Heckler & Koch SR9: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: Hunting/target rifle Used by the BFS: Dragunov SVD: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: Replaced by Sako TRG-22 and Sako TRG-42. [6] [18] Heckler & Koch PSG1: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: Used ...
It was available from old stocks for some years afterwards, but it has been made only sporadically in the last 70 years. [1] Occasionally, special limited runs of .32 rimfire ammunition are manufactured for gun collectors with shootable specimens, but the round is not considered a current commercial cartridge.