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The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×54mmR cartridge. The cartridge was originally developed for the Mosin–Nagant rifle and introduced in 1891 by the Russian Empire. It was the service cartridge of the late Tsarist era and throughout the Soviet period to the present-day Russia and other countries as well.
The .30-06 Springfield cartridge (7.62×63mm), with its higher service pressure and case capacity, will outperform the 7.62×54mmR when same-length test barrels are used, though this is very uncommon as .30-06 Springfield firearms are generally sold with much shorter barrels than 7.62×54mmR firearms. [4]
Russian three-line rifle, caliber 7.62mm (.30 inches): Due to the desperate shortage of arms and the shortcomings of a still-developing domestic industry, the Russian government ordered 1.5 million M1891 infantry rifles from Remington Arms and another 1.8 million from New England Westinghouse in the United States.
The new batches of DXL-5, manufactured for the Russian army, are made under the Russian cartridge 12.7×108mm. [27] ASVK: 12.7×108mm Russia: Anti-materiel rifle: Used by special forces. [16] The modernized ASVK-M Kord-M is being adopted by the Russian army. [23] OSV-96: 12.7×108mm Russia: Anti-materiel rifle Used by Spetsnaz units. [28 ...
Ordnance BL 12-pounder 7 cwt a turn of the century field gun, and basis for the development of the BL 15-pounder gun; BL 12-pounder 6 cwt gun a variant of the BL 12-pounder 7 cw adapted for cordite propellant; Ordnance QF 13 pounder World War I horse artillery & later anti-aircraft gun; BL 15-pounder gun turn of the century field gun
The Philippines will buy 16 Black Hawk helicopters from the Sikorsky Aircraft Corp for $240 million, shunning cheaper Russian equipment due to U.S. sanctions on Russian military exports, the ...
MR1 limited edition civilian variant for the Russian market chambered for the 7.62×54mmR or .308 Winchester cartridge and using aluminum in its lower parts and hand guards featuring M-LOK "negative space" (hollow slot) mounting points. The 7.62×54mmR MR1 version is fed from SVD magazines, has a 530 mm (20.9 in) barrel and is offered with a ...
Tensions between Russia and the Philippines escalated as the Philippine military deployed a navy ship and air force planes to shadow a Russian submarine in the South China Sea last week, security ...