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The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.
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.
The GP (General Purpose) WASR-10 is a 7.62×39mm caliber semi-automatic rifle that has been offered since the end of the Federal assault weapons ban. Factory-original rifles only support single-stack, low-capacity magazines (10-rounds). After import, Century Arms offered WASR rifles modified to accept double-stack, standard-capacity magazines.
Pages in category "7.62×39mm assault rifles" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. A-91;
Type 56 assault rifle: Norinco: 7.62×39mm China: 1956–present Type 58 assault rifle: 7.62×39mm North Korea: 1958-1968 Type 63 assault rifle: 7.62×39mm China: 1963-? Type 81 assault rifle: 7.62×39mm China: 1983-? Type 88 assault rifle: 5.45×39mm North Korea: 1988-1998 SAX-200 Xiuhcoatl: Dirección General de Industria Militar del ...
The Zastava M72 chambers and fires the 7.62×39mm M67 round. It is a gas-operated, air-cooled, drum-fed firearm with a fixed stock. It is a squad automatic weapon, like the Soviet RPK but has unique design features. This weapon is a near copy of the Soviet RPK light machine gun. There are a few differences on the M72/M72A.
The 7.62 mm designation refers to the internal diameter of the barrel at the lands (the raised helical ridges in rifled gun barrels). The actual bullet caliber is often 7.82 mm (0.308 in), although Soviet weapons commonly use a 7.91 mm (0.311 in) bullet, as do older British (.303 British) and Japanese (7.7×58mm Arisaka) cartridges.
Retailers say many customers are buying more ammunition [7] than they normally would, from fear of supplies running out. [8] Resellers are also reportedly buying large amounts of ammunition and reselling it at higher prices to customers who are willing to pay more to obtain it during the shortage.