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    The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO, commonly pronounced FYV-fyv-six) is a rimless bottlenecked centerfire intermediate cartridge...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    .22 caliber (redirect from 5.6mm)
    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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)...
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    Heckler & Koch G41 (category 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifles)
    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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"...
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    IMI Galil (category 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifles)
    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...
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    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...
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    .223 Wylde chamber (category 5.56×45mm NATO)
    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...
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    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...
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    SIG Sauer SIG516 (category 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifles)
    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...
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    AK-19 (category 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifles)
    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...
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    CZ 805 BREN (category 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifles)
    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...
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    IWI Negev (category 5.56×45mm NATO machine guns)
    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...
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    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...
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    needed] be at least as effective terminally as the 7.62x39mm Russian and 5.56×45mm NATO cartridges when fired from short (8–10 in (20–25 cm)) barrel AK and...
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    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...
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    the 5.56 NATO cartridge in short barreled rifles (SBR) and carbines. Based on the .30 Remington cartridge, it is midway between the 5.56×45mm NATO and...
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    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...
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  • ranges compared to common battlefield rounds such as the 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×51mm NATO. Operational testing of the XM7 rifle, XM250 automatic rifle...
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    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...
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    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)...
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    Heckler & Koch HK417 (category 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifles)
    the 7.62×51mm NATO rifle cartridge, it is intended for use where the penetrative power, stopping power, and range of the 5.56×45mm NATO HK416 would otherwise...
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    SIG MCX (category 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifles)
    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...
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    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...
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