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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] Not all countries that use weapons chambered in this caliber are in NATO. This table is sortable for every column.
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.
It is a gas-operated, rotating-bolt full-automatic firearm that feeds from factory-made 20- or 30-round magazines (STANAG magazine clones), firing the M193 "Ball" 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge (manufactured in China by Norinco as the Type CJ cartridge). The Type CQ rifle has a three-position fire selector: safe, single shot, and full-automatic fire.
K2/AR-100: Semi-automatic 5.56×45mm NATO version for US civilian market; DR-100/DR-200: Semi-automatic 5.56×45mm NATO version for US civilian market post 1989 import ban of non "sport" foreign semi-automatic rifles. [16] Primarily difference of a thumb-hole stock in place of the original folding stock.
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 ...
Pages in category "5.56×45mm NATO firearms" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... This page was last edited on 30 April 2022, ...
5.56×45mm NATO: SIGM400: 2,702 units delivered starting in 2019. [109] AKM Soviet Union Russia: Assault rifle: 7.62×39mm: AKM: Phil. Army's 10th Field Artillery Battalion with their non-typical personal weapons kit. Back in 2017, the Armed Forces of the Philippines received 5,000 AKMs from Russia at the height of the Marawi Siege. [110 ...
The VHS (Croatian: Višenamjenska Hrvatska Strojnica, lit. multifunctional Croatian machine gun) is a 5.56×45mm NATO bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured by HS Produkt of Croatia. The VHS rifle was first introduced at the 2007 iKA exhibition, the annual Croatian innovation display that takes place in the city of Karlovac . [ 6 ]