Yugoslavian version of the M43 cartridge, named 7.62x39 M67. It has a lead core. The Soviet 7.62 × 39 mm M43 rifle cartridge was designed during World War II for the SKS carbine. The cartridge was influenced by the late-war German 7.92 mm Kurz ("Kurz" meaning "short" in German). Shortly after the war the world's most (in)famous assault rifle was designed for this cartridge: the AK-47. The cartridge remained the standard Soviet load until the 1970s, and is still by far the most common intermediate rifle cartridge used around the world. Its replacement, the 5.45 × 39 mm cartridge, is less powerful but longer ranged (due to its much higher velocity) and is more controllable in full-auto fire (due to the lower recoil). The change was a response to the NATO switch from the 7.62 mm cartridge to 5.56 mm. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 389 KB)Bunch of Yugoslavian 7. ...
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The Soviet/Russian made bullets are usually boat-tail bullets (which is to say that they're tapered slightly at the rear, like a rowboat, in order to reduce turbulent vacuum drag) with a copper-plated steel jacket, a large steel core, and some lead between the core and the jacket.
Advancements in Projectile Design: M67
In the 1960s the Yugoslavians experimented with new bullet designs to produce a round with a superior wounding profile to the M43, which is mediocre at best (it has a very weak tendency to yaw). The Yugoslavian type rounds are known as M67 and readily tumble in human tissue, producing similar wounding profiles to modern non-fragmenting assault rifle rounds. The bullets typically yaw once upon entering the body and once again before leaving it. This produces an increased chance of tissue disruption over earlier designs.
Nearly all modern 7.62x39 rounds of civilian or military manufacture are of the M67 variety- a simple boattail FMJ round with a forward air cavity. Notable exceptions are the Ulyanovsk Machine Factory EM1 "match" (which substitutes a nipple for an air cavity and produces a single large temporary cavity rather than two) and the Wolf 150 grain soft point which behaves much more like a 30-30 hunting round (the bullet expands instead of yawing, producing far greater damage). Nearly all Jacketed Hollow Point rounds in 7.62x39 are basically M67 rounds with a small hole in the front of the jacket- terminal ballistics are nearly identical to their fully jacketed bretheren. They are a concession to various hunting laws that forbid FMJ rounds.
Chinese Steel Core Chinese military-issue ammunition in this caliber is M67 style with a mild steel core and a thin jacket of copper or brass. Contrary to common belief, the use of steel was a cost saving measure rather than one to increase the penetration. Additionally, mild steel is not sufficiently hard to grant unusual armor penetrating capability . Despite this, Chinese ammunition is currently banned from importation in the US due to the fact that there are 7.62x39 caliber handguns (mostly custom and homemade specimens) and the ammunition is an "armor piercing handgun round" under the legal definition of the word.
Other names for 7.62x39 Also known as a .30 caliber cartridge (pronounced "thirty"). On rare occasions, this ammunition is referred to as 7.62 mm Soviet, 7.62 mm Warsaw Pact rounds, or 7.62 mm ComBloc. It was also known in the United States as .30 Short Russian; the "Short" was to distinguish it from the older .30 Russian, which was the 7.62 x 54R. Map of Warsaw Pact member countries. ...
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Since approximately 1990 the 7.62x39 mm cartridge has become very popular in the southeastern US for hunting game up to the size of whitetail deer, as it is approximately as powerful as the old .30-30 Winchester Rifles. Large numbers of inexpensive imported rifles, like the SKS and semi-auto AK-47 types, are available in this caliber. Inexpensive imported 7.62x39 mm ammunition is also widely available, though much of it is of the non-expanding type that is illegal to use for hunting. .303 in. ...
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Specifications - Round length: 55.80 mm
- Case length: 38.65 mm
- Rim diameter: 11.30 mm
- Bullet diameter: 7.90 mm
- Bullet weight: 7.97 g
- Nominal charge: 1.60 g; SSNF 50 powder
- Muzzle velocity: 710 m/s
- Muzzle energy: 2,010 J
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