The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO, commonly pronounced FYV-fyv-six) is a rimless bottlenecked centerfire intermediate cartridge...

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...

high-velocity military service cartridges. Cartridges like the 5.45×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO and Chinese 5.8×42mm allow a soldier to carry more ammunition for the...

cartridge and designated 5.56×45mm NATO (SS109 or M855). The external dimensional specifications of .223 Remington and 5.56×45mm NATO brass cases are nearly...

– 5.56×45mm NATO) Daewoo XB (South Korea – assault rifle – 5.56×45mm NATO: prototype) Daewoo K3 (South Korea – light machine gun – 5.56×45mm NATO) Daewoo...

caliber include the very widely used .22 Long Rifle and .223 Remington/5.56×45mm NATO. .22 inch is also a popular air gun pellet caliber, second only to the...

the People's Liberation Army claims that it is superior to the 5.56×45mm NATO and Soviet 5.45×39mm cartridges. Another variant called the DBP88 "heavy round"...

5.56mm duplex) M14E1 (Selective Fire Rifle, 7.62×51mm NATO) (never standardized) M16A1 (5.56×45mm NATO) M16 (5.56×45mm NATO) XM16E1 (5.56×45mm NATO)...

5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle introduced in 1981 and produced in limited quantities by Heckler & Koch. It was designed to replace the 7.62×51mm NATO chambered...

or NATO magazine is a type of detachable firearm magazine proposed by NATO in October 1980. Shortly after NATO's acceptance of the 5.56×45mm NATO rifle...

Defense Shrike 5.56 is an air-cooled, dual-feed rifle for semi or full-auto configurations that fires the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge. The Shrike 5.56 can be supplied...

The later adoption of the 5.56×45mm NATO intermediate cartridge and assault rifles as standard infantry weapon systems by NATO militaries started a trend...

223 Wylde chamber is a wildcat rifle chamber designed to accurize the 5.56×45mm NATO chamber for NRA High Power competition. In 1957, during research into...

family of Israeli-made automatic rifles chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges. Originally designed by Yisrael Galili and Yakov...

(SAW) variants. It fires the 5.8×42mm DBP87, an indigenous intermediate cartridge. An export version chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO, the QBZ-97, is used by various...

modular design enables users to change the calibre of the weapon to 5.56×45mm NATO or 7.62×39mm intermediate cartridges by quick change of barrel with...

carbine/submachine gun (.223 Remington) K2 assault rifle (5.56×45mm NATO) K3 light machine gun (5.56×45mm NATO) K4 automatic grenade launcher (40×53mm) K5 semi-automatic...

SIG516 is an assault rifle manufactured by SIG Sauer, chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO. The SIG Sauer SIG516 shares lineage to the Heckler & Koch HK416. The...

The AK-19 is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle designed by Kalashnikov Concern for the export market. Revealed during the International Military-Technical...

chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO intermediate cartridge and the heavy battle rifle/designated marksman rifle variants for the 7.62×51mm NATO, 6.5 mm Creedmoor...

would replace all 5.56×45mm NATO weapons as well as most 7.62×51mm NATO rifles and machine guns in the U.S. military. Eventually, the 5.56mm was retained...

capable of using 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition, which under STANAG 4172 is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. The weapon...

The IWI Negev (also known as the Negev NG-5) is a 5.56×45mm NATO light machine gun developed by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), formerly Israel Military...

NATO cartridge may refer to: Small arms 9×19mm NATO (STANAG 4090) 4.6×30mm NATO (STANAG 4820) 5.7×28mm NATO (STANAG 4509) 5.56×45mm NATO (STANAG 4172)...

service cartridge until superseded by the 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges in the 1970s and 1980s. The 7.5×54mm French MAS has an uncommon 12.39 mm...

the 5.56×45mm NATO by its design and manufacture process, allowing it to be manufactured on existing production lines. The group also noted that 5.7×28mm...

and has been adapted for use in numerous firearms firing the 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×51mm NATO, and 9×19mm Parabellum cartridges. C-Mag is short for century...

weapons chambered in this caliber are in NATO. This table is sortable for every column. List of 5.56×45mm NATO firearms List of 7.92×57mm Mauser firearms...

conversion between 5.56×45mm NATO, .300 AAC Blackout, and 7.62×39mm ammunition, using standard 5.56 mm STANAG magazines for 5.56×45mm NATO and .300 AAC Blackout...

M14 rifle and is, in appearance, a scaled-down version chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO, though with its own gas system design. Since 1973, Ruger has introduced...