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| − | The [[7.62x54R]] is one of the oldest cartridges still in use by any military in the world. The Russian military uses it in the [[Dragunov]] and other Sniper Rifles and some modern Machine Guns. The round is colloquially (and incorrectly, as the 'R' in 7.62x54R stands for rimmed) known as the "7.62 Russian". The name is sometimes confused with the "7.62 Soviet", which refers to the [[7.62x39mm]] cartridge. |
+ | The [[7.62x54R]] is one of the oldest cartridges still in use by any military in the world. The Russian military uses it in the [[Dragunov SVD]] and other Sniper Rifles and some modern Machine Guns. The round is colloquially (and incorrectly, as the 'R' in 7.62x54R stands for rimmed) known as the "7.62 Russian". The name is sometimes confused with the "7.62 Soviet", which refers to the [[7.62x39mm]] cartridge. |
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Revision as of 03:06, 15 February 2010
The 7.62x54R is one of the oldest cartridges still in use by any military in the world. The Russian military uses it in the Dragunov SVD and other Sniper Rifles and some modern Machine Guns. The round is colloquially (and incorrectly, as the 'R' in 7.62x54R stands for rimmed) known as the "7.62 Russian". The name is sometimes confused with the "7.62 Soviet", which refers to the 7.62x39mm cartridge.
History
It was designed in 1891 along with the Mosin-Nagant. The 7.62x54R originally had a 210-grain round-nosed full metal jacket (FMJ) bullet. Due to experiences in the Russo-Japanese War, it was replaced in 1908 with a 148-grain spitzer FMJ bullet, which has remained standard to the present.
Specifications
Case type: Rimmed, necked
Bullet diameter: 7.9 mm (0.311 in)
Rim diameter: 14.48 mm (0.57 in)
Case length: 53.72 mm (2.115 in)
Overall length: 77.16 mm (3.038 in)
Primer type: Berdan
Types of ammunition
- Full-metal jacket
- Hollow point
- Soft-point
- Light steel-core
- Heavy steel-core
- Tracer
- Super-incendiary
- Sniper (Снайперские)
- Wood training rounds