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The table below gives a list of firearms that can fire the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge, first developed and used in the late 1970s for the M16 rifle, which to date, is the most widely produced weapon in this caliber. [1]
A worker at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant packs two cans of newly manufactured 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition into a wirebound crate. (c. 1998) Headstamp of a .50 caliber cartridge casing made at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in 1943 and recovered from the Sahuarita Bombing and Gunnery Range in 2012.
Terminal ballistics is a sub-field of ballistics concerned with the behavior and effects of a projectile when it hits and transfers its energy to a target. Bullet design (as well as the velocity of impact) largely determines the effectiveness of penetration.
It appears that this round can drastically improve the performance of any AR-15 weapon chambered to .223/5.56 mm. Superior accuracy, wounding capacity, stopping power and range have made this the preferred round of many special forces operators, and highly desirable as a replacement for the older, Belgian-designed 5.56×45mm SS109/M855 NATO round.
The .223 WSSM was introduced in 2003 by the Browning Arms Company, Winchester Ammunition, and Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The .223 designation is a reference to the popular .223 Remington. It is currently the fastest production .22 caliber round in the world with muzzle velocities as high as 4,600 feet per second (1,402 meters per second
Winchester was a leading designer of rifle ammunition throughout its existence and has been responsible for some of the most successful cartridges ever introduced, including the .44-40 WCF (Winchester Center Fire), the .30 WCF (.30-30), the .50 BMG, the .270 Winchester, the .308 Winchester, the .243 Winchester, the .22 WMR (.22 Magnum), the ...
.300 Winchester Magnum: Bolt-action United States: 2018 Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle: Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, Smith Enterprise Inc., Mike Rock & Jim Ribordy 7.62×51mm NATO: Short-stroke piston (select-fire) United States: 2002 Desert Tech SRS: Desert Tech.243 Winchester 7.62×51mm NATO.300 Winchester Magnum.338 Lapua Magnum ...
.300 Winchester Magnum.338 Lapua Magnum United States 2008 Desert Tech WLVRN: Desert Tech.223 Remington 5.56×45mm NATO.223 Wylde.300 BLK.308 Win 7.62×51mm NATO 6.5mm Creedmoor United States 2024 Dragunov SVU: Central Design Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms 7.62×54mmR Russia 1994 DSR-Precision GmbH DSR-1: DSR-precision GmbH .308 ...