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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. This table is sortable for every column.
The 7.62×39mm (aka 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 rifles , the SKS semi automatic rifle, as well as the RPD and RPK light machine guns .
7.62×39mm Soviet Union: no 1946 TKB-415: Tula Arms Plant: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: no 1946-1948 TKB-517: Tula Arms Plant: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: 1952 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 ...
The cartridges are made using ammunition equipment sold by Fritz Werner Manufacturing, which is why the headstamp's font and markings look German-made. .303 British was phased out for 7.62mm NATO since the mid-1960s and is now sold as a hunting and sporting cartridge. 12 gauge shotgun shells are sold to civilians for hunting. 7.62×39mm Soviet ...
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Norinco Group is one of the world's largest defense contractors. [5] [6] The company's subsidiary, China North Industries Corporation (Chinese: 中国北方工业有限公司 [7]), or simply Norinco, [8] markets Norinco Group's products internationally, and is also involved in domestic civil construction and military defense projects. [9] [10]
Pages in category "7.62×39mm firearms" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
7.62 RK 56 TP – Modified Type 56-2 in China for Finnish use, with a new hammer spring that allows firing of Finnish 7.62x39. [21] QBZ-56C (Type 56C) – Short-barrel version, introduced in 1991 for the domestic and export market. The QBZ-56C as it is officially designated in China, is a carbine variant of the Type 56-2 and supplied in limited ...