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The 7.5 FK (C.I.P. [1]), also known as the 7.5 FK BRNO or the 7.5x27mm, is a bottlenecked rimless centerfire automatic pistol cartridge developed by the Czech firearms and ammunition manufacturer FK Brno Engineering s.r.o.
Limited production of the new ammunition type commenced in 1944. [13] Hurried efforts were made to introduce a rifle capable of firing the new cartridge, and the first prominent design was offered by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. [12] This was known as the Samozaryadny Karabin sistemy Simonova (SKS), or Simonov's self-loading carbine system. [12]
7.62×39mm. The 7.62×39mm (aka 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) [5] round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov rifles, as well as the SKS, RPD, and RPK light machine guns.
The 2008–2016 United States ammunition shortage was a shortage of civilian small arms ammunition in the United States that started in late 2008, [1] and continued through most or all of 2010, with an additional shortage beginning in December 2012 and continuing throughout 2013. The 2008 election of President Barack Obama triggered increased ...
The 38 cm SK C/34[Note 1] naval gun was developed by Germany mid to late 1930s. It armed the Bismarck -class battleships and was planned as the armament of the O-class battlecruisers and the re-armed Scharnhorst -class battleships. Six twin-gun mountings were also sold to the Soviet Union and it was planned to use them on the Kronshtadt -class ...
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Elevation. –8° to +40°. Muzzle velocity. 890 m/s (2,900 ft/s) Maximum firing range. 40,930 m (44,760 yd) at 40° [1] The German 28 cm SK C/34[Note 1] naval gun was a 283 mm 54.5- caliber built-up gun designed in 1934 used on the Scharnhorst -class battleship and for the planned Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte super-heavy tank.
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