The 7×57mm Mauser (designated as the 7 mm Mauser or 7×57mm by the SAAMI and 7 × 57 by the C.I.P.) is a first-generation smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked...
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7.92×57mm Mauser (designated as the 8mm Mauser or 8×57mm by the SAAMI and 8 × 57 IS by the C.I.P.) is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. The 7.92×57mm...
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was given the GRAU index 57-N-231. This cartridge actually had a case length of 41 mm, so it is sometimes referred to as the 7.62×41. The bullet it contained...
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The 12.7×108mm cartridge is a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun and anti-materiel rifle cartridge used by the former Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries, including...
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cartridge was discontinued, and replaced, in 1993, with the 5.7×28mm SS190. The SS190 uses a 2.7 mm (0.11 in) shorter projectile with a mass of 2.0 g (31 gr)...
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OAL refers to the overall length of the cartridge. All measurements are in mm (in). Barnes, Frank C., ed. Amber, John T., Cartridges Of The World (3rd Edition)...
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four grooves, diameter of lands = 7.62 mm (0.300 in), diameter of grooves = 7.92 mm (0.312 in), land width = 3.81 mm (0.150 in) and the primer type is...
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designation "7,62мм винтовочный патрон" (7.62 mm rifle cartridge). The round has erroneously come to be known as the "7.62mm Russian" (and is still often referred...
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Ordnance QF 6-pounder (redirect from 57 mm Gun M1)
The Ordnance Quick-Firing 6-pounder 7 cwt, or just 6-pounder, was a British 57 mm gun, serving during the Second World War as a primary anti-tank gun...
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cartridge is 270 mm (1 in 10.63 inches), 4 grooves, Ø lands = 7.57 mm (0.298 in), Ø grooves = 7.85 mm (0.309 in), land width = 3.70 mm (0.146 in). However...
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8 mm caliber Calzada Bayo CB-57 List of rifle cartridges Table of handgun and rifle cartridges Wikimedia Commons has media related to 7.92 x 33 mm Kurz...
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AZP S-60 (redirect from 57 mm S-60)
In the late 1940s, the Soviets started to develop a 57 mm anti-aircraft gun, to replace its 37 mm M1939 guns. Three models were presented, and the winning...
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Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/60 (Swedish: 57 mm sjöautomatkanon L/60 (57 mm SAK 60)), also known as 57 mm/60 (2.25") SAK Model 1950 and the like...
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military calibres used in Europe at the time were 10 to 14 mm (and black powder) as opposed to 7.5 mm of the Schmidt–Rubin ammunition, but the transition was...
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malfunction. The new 7.5 mm round was abandoned and replaced by the 7.5×54mm MAS mod. 1929. Table of handgun and rifle cartridges "7.5x54mm MAS". Ferrard...
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Infantry and the Army Air Service. A rimless 7.7×58mm cartridge was first tested for a prototype 7.7 mm infantry rifle in 1919. While the experiments...
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7 × 114 HL round made by necking down a 14.5 × 114 mm cartridge case to accept a 12.7 mm / .50 BMG bullet. 12.7 × 108 mm .50 BMG 20 mm caliber 23 mm caliber...
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2mm Kolibri (redirect from 2.7 mm Kolibri)
the time suggesting the round was capable of penetrating only 10–40 mm (0.39–1.57 in) of pine board. The round also suffers some accuracy issues, since...
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rifle. It was based on a standard 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge, but was much longer (107 mm as opposed to the 57 mm of Mauser cartridge) and was modified...
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the 6.5×52mm Carcano used by the Italian military. Unlike the 6.5 mm, the 7.35 mm cartridge featured a Spitzer-style bullet to minimize air resistance...
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6-pounder gun (redirect from 57 mm)
57-millimetre (2.2 in) gun firing a projectile weighing approximately 6 pounds (2.7 kg). Guns of this type include: QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss, a 57 mm naval...
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KPV heavy machine gun (redirect from 14.5 mm KPV)
on a P 4-class torpedo boat 2M-7 naval machine gun mount (front view) 2M-7 naval machine gun mount (rear view) 14.5 mm MTPU B-32 – Armor-piercing incendiary...
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280 mm (1 in 11.02 in); although 250 mm (1 in 9.84 in) was also used, see below, 4 grooves, Ø lands = 7.65 mm, Ø grooves = 7.92 mm, land width = 4.20 mm and...
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twist rate for this cartridge is 280 mm (1 in 11.03 in), 4 grooves, Ø lands = 7.62 millimetres (0.300 in), Ø grooves = 7.88 millimetres (0.310 in), land width...
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9×57mm Mauser (redirect from 9 x 57 mm Mauser)
based on the 7.92×57mm Mauser. It uses the identical 57 mm-long cartridge case, with the same shoulder angle, but necked up to accept a 9 mm-diameter bullet...
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The ZSU-57-2 Ob'yekt 500 is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya...
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40 mm (1.57 in) caliber. Several countries have developed or adopted grenade launchers in 40 mm caliber. NATO currently uses three standardized 40 mm grenade...
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a lightweight assault gun for the airborne troops (with either a 57 mm gun or a 76 mm gun) was given to two design bureaus, Astrov (OKB-40) in Mytishchi...
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The Bofors 57 mm m/54 (57 mm luftvärnsautomatkanon m/54 or 57 mm lvakan m/54) was a wheeled automatic anti-aircraft gun for land based use produced by...
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The ZiS-2 (Russian: ЗиС-2) (GRAU index: 52-P-271) is a Soviet 57 mm anti-tank gun used during World War II. The ZiS-4 is a version of the gun that was...
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