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1914 [3] Austria-Hungary 0 [3] H 2.7×9mm 650 [3] 3 [3] 0.009 0.108 [3] 9mm Obsolete. Smallest round ever manufactured. [3] 4.6×30mm: 2000 Germany H 4.6×30mm 2410 400 0.332 0.183 30mm Bottlenecked high velocity PDW cartridge designed by Heckler & Koch in conjunction with the Heckler & Koch MP7 personal defense weapon. 5 mm Remington Rimfire ...
Although the more powerful .454 Casull wildcat cartridge was announced in 1959, [5] the .44 Magnum was the most powerful production cartridge until the 1980s when the first production .454 Casull revolver was produced. [31] The .44 Magnum was also bought and used by the character Travis Bickle in the 1976 film Taxi Driver during his assault on ...
The Model 500 was built on the entirely new X-Frame, [2] which was developed exclusively to handle the immense muzzle velocity and pressures generated by firing of the .500 Magnum cartridge. [3] It is among the most powerful revolvers in the world since its original release in 2003, and is marketed as "the world's most powerful handgun" by the ...
The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute). [2] It features a Gatling-style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an electric motor.
102 mm (4.0 in) QF 4 inch naval gun Mk XXIII 33-caliber United Kingdom: Cold War - Borneo confrontation 102 mm (4.0 in) 4"/40 caliber gun United States: Spanish–American War - World War I 102 mm (4.0 in) 4"/50 caliber gun United States: World War I - World War II 102 mm (4.0 in) Cannon 102/35 Model 1914 Italy: World War I - World War II
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The .500 S&W Magnum or 12.7×41mmSR is a .50 caliber semi-rimmed revolver cartridge developed by Cor-Bon in partnership with the Smith & Wesson "X-Gun" engineering team for use in the Smith & Wesson Model 500 X-frame revolver and introduced in February 2003 at the SHOT Show. [3] It was intended to be the most powerful handgun cartridge to date ...
A piece of polycarbonate plastic weighing 7 grams (1 ⁄ 4 oz) was fired at an aluminium block at 7 km/s (23,000 ft/s), giving it muzzle energy of 171,500 J (126,500 ft⋅lbf); a typical bullet has muzzle energy of a few thousand joules, with the enormous .950 JDJ reaching 20,000 J (15,000 ft⋅lbf).