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The 7.62×39mm (aka 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 rifles , the SKS semi automatic rifle, as well as the RPD and RPK light machine guns .
WOLF Performance Ammunition is a trademark associated with Sporting Supplies International (SSI), a corporation founded in the United States in 2005. Most of their ammunition is primarily being manufactured by the Tula Cartridge Plant in Tula, Tula District, Russia, from 2005 to 2009.
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. This table is sortable for every column.
Tula Cartridge Plant, also Tula Cartridge Works (TCW) (Russian: Тульский патронный завод, Tul'skiy Patronnyj Zavod) is a company based in Tula, Russia. The Tula Cartridge Plant is a manufacturer of metal products, including ammunition for the military, and various civilian products.
CENTAUR ammunition cartridges have a polymer coating on the steel case, are berdan primed, use non-corrosive Russian-made propellants produced by Tula machine plant., [6] and are loaded with American-made "tombac" jacketed bullets produced by Hornady Manufacturing Company. [7]
7.62×39mm Soviet Union: no 1946 TKB-415: Tula Arms Plant: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: no 1946-1948 TKB-517: Tula Arms Plant: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: 1952 Type 56 assault rifle: Norinco: 7.62×39mm China: 1956–present Type 58 assault rifle: 7.62×39mm North Korea: 1958-1968 Type 63 assault rifle: 7.62×39mm China: 1963-? Type 81 assault rifle ...
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The 7.62 mm designation refers to the internal diameter of the barrel at the lands (the raised helical ridges in rifled gun barrels). The actual bullet caliber is often 7.82 mm (0.308 in), although Soviet weapons commonly use a 7.91 mm (0.311 in) bullet, as do older British (.303 British) and Japanese (7.7×58mm Arisaka) cartridges.