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SSA 7.62mm 143gr AP rifle cartridge, bullet. The 7.62 mm caliber is a nominal caliber used for a number of different cartridges.Historically, this class of cartridge was commonly known as .30 caliber, the equivalent in Imperial and United States Customary measures.
Linked belts of Lake City M80 Ball ammunition Marine Corps M240 machine gun with a belt of M80 Ball and M62 Tracer ammunition. British L2A2 Ball ammunition being used by US troops for live firing training. The 7.62mm M118 long range cartridge. Cartridge, caliber 7.62mm, NATO, ball, M59: 150.5-grain (9.8 g) 7.62×51mm NATO ball cartridge.
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.
Various photos of 7.62×54mmR ammunition [permanent dead link ] An evaluation list for variants, weights, and velocities of this ammunition type Archived 2006-08-16 at the Wayback Machine; A dimensional diagram of the cartridge Archived 2006-11-16 at the Wayback Machine; 110 Years Of The 7.62×54R Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
M13 links reassembled to previously fired 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge cases M13 links connect up to 200 7.62×51mm NATO rounds contained in an M19A1 ammunition box used to feed a M240G machine gun The M13 link, formally Link, Cartridge, Metallic Belt, 7.62mm, M13 , is the U.S. military designation for a metallic disintegrating link specifically ...
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. This ammunition was developed following World War II as part of the NATO small arms standardization, it is made to replicate the ballistics of a pre-WWII full power rifle cartridge in a more compact package.
The Russian ammunition maker Barnaul states that Russian cartridges marked 7.62×53 are the same as 7.62×54. From their web site: "Some hunters have been confused because there have been varying marking on the package, case bottom and stamps: 7.62×53: 7.62×53R: 7.62×54: 7.62×54R.
The team consists of the gunner, the assistant gunner (AG), and the ammunition bearer. The gun's weight and the amount of ammunition it can consume when fired make it difficult for a single soldier to carry and operate. The gunner carries the weapon and between 200 and 1,000 rounds of ammunition depending on strength and stamina.