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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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 January 2025. Series of assault and battle rifles IWI Galil ACE Galil ACE 22 Type Assault rifle Battle rifle Place of origin Israel Service history In service 2008–present Used by See Users Wars Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Production history Designer Israel Military Industries Manufacturer ...
It has an effective range of about 800 meters. 5. M24 ©Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons. Action type: Bolt-action. Range: 800 meters. ... including the M40A6 and Mk13 Mod 7 rifles. The gun is ...
7.62×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO (Israeli conversion) Action: Gas operated long stroke piston, flapper locking and fires from the open bolt: Rate of fire: 650 rounds/min: Muzzle velocity: 735 m/s (2,411 ft/s) Effective firing range: 100–1,000 m sight adjustments: Feed system: Non-disintegrating 100-round segmented belt stored in a drum container.
7.62×39mm: Caliber: 7.62mm: Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt: Rate of fire: 600 rounds/min: Muzzle velocity: 715 m/s (2,346 ft/s) Effective firing range: 350 m (380 yd) at point-blank range [3] 500 m (550 yd) Feed system: 30-round detachable box magazine: Sights: Iron sights, with a dove tail side rail for mounting optical and night sights
The Mk 48 is a variant of the M249 light machine gun, scaled up to chamber 7.62×51mm NATO; it has come across some issues in its service life; it was never designed to be a general-purpose machine gun, while the M60E6 arguably came too late to make a difference in USMC and US Army general machine gun adoption, being that the M240 design was ...
7.62 RK 56 TP – Modified Type 56-2 in China for Finnish use, with a new hammer spring that allows firing of Finnish 7.62x39. [21] QBZ-56C (Type 56C) – Short-barrel version, introduced in 1991 for the domestic and export market. The QBZ-56C as it is officially designated in China, is a carbine variant of the Type 56-2 and supplied in limited ...
Designated marksman rifles have to be effective, in terms of hit rates and terminal ballistics, at application ranges exceeding those of ordinary assault rifles and battle rifles, but do not require the extended-range performance of a dedicated sniper rifle. For this, depending on the military, sometimes specialized 7.62×51mm NATO ammunition ...