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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 Light Sniper Rifle (LSR) is believed to have been designed to fulfill the demand of an affordable precision rifle platform. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The price for one unit is $6500 as of 2016. [ 2 ] It is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge and has a weight of 5.68 kg, [ 1 ] an effective range of 800 m [ 3 ] and Muzzle ...
The design of the rifle – initially the Rifle 7.62mm 2A – began at the Rifle Factory Ishapore of the Ordnance Factories Board in India, soon after the Sino-Indian War of 1962. [ 4 ] The Ishapore 2A/2A1 has the distinction of being the last bolt-action rifle designed to be used by a regular military force other than specialized sniper rifles .
The Type 56 (Chinese: 56式突击步枪; literally; "Assault Rifle, Model of 1956") [12] is a Chinese 7.62×39mm automatic rifle, a licensed derivative of the Soviet-designed AK-47 (specifically Type 3 variant).
M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle in use with a U.S. Marine. The EMR is primarily used by a designated marksman , to provide precision fire for units that do not rate a scout sniper . As a replacement for the DMR, the EMR fills the need for a lightweight, accurate weapon system utilizing a cartridge more powerful than the M16A4's standard 5.56×45mm ...
The M240 machine gun, officially the Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240, is the U.S. military designation for the FN MAG, [6] a family of belt-fed, gas-operated medium machine guns that chamber the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. [1] The M240 has been used by the United States Armed Forces since the late 1970s.
The M24 Sniper Weapon System (SWS) or M24 is the military and police version of the Remington Model 700 rifle, M24 being the model name assigned by the United States Army after adoption as their standard sniper rifle in 1988.
Service rifle cartridges loaded with projectiles: (left to right) 7.62×54mmR, 7.62×51mm NATO, 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 5.45×39mm. The T44 rifle was adopted as the M14 rifle in 1957. Around the same time Britain and Canada adopted the Belgian FN FAL (L1A1 SLR British) as the L1 followed by the West German army designated as the G1.