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Cartridge, caliber 7.62mm, NATO, ball, silent, XM115: Little is known of this round, but it was an attempt to quiet the round. Never adopted. Cartridge, caliber 7.62mm, NATO, match, M118: 173-grain (11.2 g) 7.62×51mm NATO full metal jacket boat-tail round specifically designed for Match purposes. The round was introduced as the XM118 match in ...
Cartridge, Caliber 5.56 mm, Tracer, XM778: 5.56×45mm tracer cartridge mated with the XM777 Semi-Armor-Piercing cartridge. Cartridge, Caliber 5.56 mm, Ball, M855 [Green tip]: 5.56×45mm 62-grain FN SS109-equivalent ball cartridge with a steel penetrator tip over a lead core in a full copper jacket. It is designed to penetrate lightly armored ...
The shoulder is reformed, length is trimmed, neck is sized to .308. This caliber is very popular, and examples are available in a wide variety of styles. Bullet weights can currently be found between 100gr to 220gr 7.62x40 Wilson Tactical (300 HAM'R) : Uses 5.56 NATO cases (also .223). Shoulder is re-formed, length is trimmed, neck is sized to ...
NATO cartridge may refer to: Small arms 9×19mm NATO (STANAG 4090) 4.6×30mm NATO (STANAG 4820) 5.7×28mm NATO (STANAG 4509) 5.56×45mm NATO (STANAG 4172) 7.62×51mm NATO (STANAG 2310) 12.7×99mm NATO (STANAG 4383) 40 mm grenade (×46 mm LV, ×51 mm MV, ×53 mm HV) Autocannons 20×102mm (STANAG 3585), 20 mm caliber; 25×137mm (STANAG 4173), 25 ...
NATO (1980), 2nd gen. Current NATO service including M16 rifle, Steyr AUG, SA80, FAMAS, Heckler & Koch G36. Similar, but not interchangeable with .223 Rem. 5.6mm Gw Pat 90: 1987 Switzerland R 5.56×45mm 3168 1243 0.622 28.5 0.224 45mm Swiss military version of the 5.56×45mm NATO / 223 Remington. For SIG SG 550 and variants. 5.7×28mm: 1990 ...
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.
An intermediate cartridge is a rifle/carbine cartridge that has significantly greater power than a pistol cartridge but still has a reduced muzzle energy compared to fully powered cartridges (such as the .303 British, 7.62×54mmR, 7.65×53mm Mauser, 7.92×57mm Mauser, 7.7×58mm Arisaka, .30-06 Springfield, or 7.62×51mm NATO), and therefore is ...
It has been adopted by many US allies and the 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridge has become not only the NATO standard but "the standard assault-rifle cartridge in much of the world." [61] It also led to the development of small-caliber high-velocity service rifles by every major army in the world. [62]