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The 5.6mm Gewehr Patrone 90 or 5,6mm Gw Pat 90 (5.6 mm Rifle Cartridge 90), is the standard round used by the Swiss military in its rifle, the SIG SG 550. The cartridge is also known as the Cart 5,6mm 90 F (French: Cartouche pour Fusil / Italian: Cartuccia per Fucile ) to the French- and Italian-speaking Swiss militiamen.
Fragmentation is the process by which the casing, shot, or other components of an anti-personnel weapon, bomb, barrel bomb, land mine, IED, artillery, mortar, tank gun, autocannon shell, rocket, missile, grenade, etc. are dispersed and/or shattered by the detonation of the explosive filler.
300 AAC Blackout, Uses military 5.56x45 (also .223). The shoulder is reformed, length is trimmed, neck is sized to .308. This caliber is very popular, and examples are available in a wide variety of styles. Bullet weights can currently be found between 100gr to 220gr 7.62x40 Wilson Tactical (300 HAM'R), Uses 5.56 NATO cases (also .223 ...
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.
[5] Frangible bullets striking animal targets create wounds similar to conventional bullets. [7] Some penetrate soft tissue similar to full metal jacket bullets. Some may disintegrate upon striking bone. Hunting bullets include a frangible core designed to disintegrate when a protective jacket is opened by softer tissue or fluid. [8]
.223 Remington, 5.56x45 NATO (Bushmaster M4gery & XM15) 6.8mm Remington SPC, 7.62×39mm (Bushmaster M4gery) United States 1990s Calico Liberty: Calico Light Weapons Systems: 9x19 Parabellum United States 1980s Calico M100: Calico Light Weapons Systems.22 LR United States 1980s Carbon 15: Bushmaster Firearms International: 9×19mm Parabellum.223 ...
The ET-MP allows soldiers to choose between fragmentation and blast overpressure effects by flipping a switch. It also has improved safety, being the first Insensitive Munitions -qualified lethal grenade in the Army's portfolio with an electronic fuse, or delay mechanism, instead of a mechanical fuse, that can be narrowed down into milliseconds ...
The QTS-11 system combines the QBZ-03 assault rifle with a 20 mm airburst grenade launcher and weighs between 5–7 kg (11–15 lb) when fully loaded. [9] It can use magazines from the QBZ-95 and the QBZ-03. [10] The primary weapon of the system is the 20 mm grenade launcher, with the 5.8 mm rifle for secondary use. [11]