7.62x51mm NATO is an American rifle cartridge used by various NATO countries in their militaries. The round is based off the .308 Winchester hunting cartridge, but 7.62 is loaded to lower pressures than .308.
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| - 7.62x51mm NATO is an American rifle cartridge used by various NATO countries in their militaries. The round is based off the .308 Winchester hunting cartridge, but 7.62 is loaded to lower pressures than .308.
- The 7.62x51mm NATO is a type of Ammo used in the SOCOM Game Series
- The 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge is a caliber used by the AK-47, Scout, AUG (Counter-Strike: Source only), G3SG1, SSG 08, and SCAR-20 in the Counter-Strike series. It also used by the M60 machine gun.
- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | 7.62x51mm NATO |- | colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; line-height: 1.25em;" | Image:NATO 7.62x51.jpg7.62x51mm NATO rounds compared to AA (LR6) battery. |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Type | colspan="2" | Rifle |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Place of origin | colspan="2" | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Service history |- |- |- |- )
- The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle and machine gun cartridge developed in the 1950's as a standard for NATO small arms. Today weapons chambered for this round primarily include sniper rifles and light-machine guns. Propelling a 150 gr. projectile at 2,750 fps(feet-per-second) the cartridge produces approximately 2,500ft-lbs of muzzle energy. This is double the energy produced by the 5.56x45mm round from an M-16. The 7.62x51mm is capable of penetrating multiple layers of kevlar body-armor and producing hydrostatic shock in living targets, making it a reliable anti-personnel cartridge.
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| - 7.62x51mm NATO is an American rifle cartridge used by various NATO countries in their militaries. The round is based off the .308 Winchester hunting cartridge, but 7.62 is loaded to lower pressures than .308.
- The 7.62x51mm NATO is a type of Ammo used in the SOCOM Game Series
- The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle and machine gun cartridge developed in the 1950's as a standard for NATO small arms. Today weapons chambered for this round primarily include sniper rifles and light-machine guns. Propelling a 150 gr. projectile at 2,750 fps(feet-per-second) the cartridge produces approximately 2,500ft-lbs of muzzle energy. This is double the energy produced by the 5.56x45mm round from an M-16. The 7.62x51mm is capable of penetrating multiple layers of kevlar body-armor and producing hydrostatic shock in living targets, making it a reliable anti-personnel cartridge. Special versions of this cartridge have been produced, including M118LR Match Grade firing a 175gr. bullet for long range sniper rifles and competition shooting. A commercial variant is also produced, called the .308 Winchester, which has become the most popular short-action(non magnum) big-game hunting cartridge in the world.
- The 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge is a caliber used by the AK-47, Scout, AUG (Counter-Strike: Source only), G3SG1, SSG 08, and SCAR-20 in the Counter-Strike series. It also used by the M60 machine gun.
- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | 7.62x51mm NATO |- | colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; line-height: 1.25em;" | Image:NATO 7.62x51.jpg7.62x51mm NATO rounds compared to AA (LR6) battery. |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Type | colspan="2" | Rifle |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Place of origin | colspan="2" | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Service history |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | In service | colspan="2" | 1954-present |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Used by | colspan="2" | United States, NATO, others. |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Specifications |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Parent case | colspan="2" | .300 Savage |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Case type | colspan="2" | Rimless, Bottleneck |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Bullet diameter | colspan="2" | mm (in ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Neck diameter | colspan="2" | mm (in ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Shoulder diameter | colspan="2" | mm (in ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Base diameter | colspan="2" | mm (in ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Rim diameter | colspan="2" | mm (in ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Rim thickness | colspan="2" | mm (in ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Case length | colspan="2" | mm (in ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Overall length | colspan="2" | mm (in ) |- |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Rifling twist | colspan="2" | 1:12" |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Primer type | colspan="2" | Large Rifle |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Maximum pressure | colspan="2" | MPa (psi ) |- |- |- |- |- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Ballistic performance |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; background: #DEDEDE;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" ! Bullet weight/type ! Velocity ! Energy |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" | style="vertical-align:middle; border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; " | gr (g) ||style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; "| ft/s (m/s) ||style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; "| ft·lbf (J) |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" |- | colspan="3" style="text-align: center; padding-top: 5px; font-size: 90%;" | Source: Popenker |} The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard firearm cartridge among NATO countries. The 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge was introduced to military service in rifles and machine guns. It was introduced in U.S. service in the M14 Rifle and M60 Machine gun in the late 1950s. Fabrique Nationale's FAL became the most popular 7.62 mm NATO rifle in Europe and served well into the early 1980s. The M14 was superseded in U.S. service as the infantry adopted a new intermediate round with the M16. However, the M14 and many other firearms that use the round remain in service. The round is used by infantry and from ground vehicles, aircraft and ships. While similar in appearance, the military 7.62x51 NATO cartridge is not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester. However, their interchange is not listed as unsafe in either combination. Some confuse the round with the 7.62x39mm intermediate cartridge used in the AK-47 and other weapons, because both may be referred to simply as "7.62". They are not interchangeable.
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