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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)
Firing a 5.56×45mm NATO round out of a rifle chambered in .223 Remington could be injurious or fatal to the user as well as the gun, however .223 Remington ammunition can be fired safely from almost any rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO as the NATO specified rifles can handle much higher chamber pressures than the .223 Remington is capable of ...
The 12.7mm NATO cartridge, also known as the .50 BMG, is standard for heavy machine guns. Tank ammo has also been standardised across NATO with 120×570mm NATO ammunition being in use in all NATO tanks except the British Challenger 2, though the Challenger 3 will use 120×570mm NATO ammunition when it comes into service in 2027. [75]
Diameter of the projectile in 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition 10 −2: 1 centimeter 20 mm Approximate width of an adult human finger: 54 mm × 86 mm Dimensions of a credit card, according to the ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 standard 73–75 mm Diameter of a baseball, according to Major League Baseball guidelines [28] 10 −1: 1 decimeter 120 mm
Although this is a NATO-standard round, it can only be used with the Type 10 Cannon due to the increased load and resulting increased pressure when fired. [64] 120 OFLE F2 France: Nexter 2013 Depleted uranium alloy Qualified in 2009, 3000 rounds ordered in 2010, 500 were to be delivered in 2013. [65] KET USA: Orbital ATK before 2015 Tungsten alloy
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NATO allies have stepped up the production of ammunition since 2022, from roughly a few 100,000 artillery shells before the war to some two million rounds this year and some three million rounds ...
The 105×617mm (4.1 inch), also known as 105×617mmR, is a common, NATO-standard, tank gun cartridge used in 105 mm guns such as those derived from the Royal Ordnance L7. The 105×617mmR cartridge was originally developed from the 84 mm (3.3 in) calibre Ordnance QF 20-pounder 84 × 618R cartridge as part of the development of the L7 105 mm ...