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A popular model is the PTR-91 KPF, which has an A3-type fully collapsible paratrooper stock. In 2010, the company released a new line of products chambered in 7.62×39mm known as the PTR-32 series. The PTR-32s are made exclusively with 16-inch barrels, and are available in the same configurations as the PTR-91 carbines. [2]
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.
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 PTRD-41 (Shortened from Russian, ProtivoTankovoye Ruzhyo Degtyaryova; Противотанковое однозарядное ружьё системы Дегтярёва образца 1941 года; "Degtyaryov Single Shot Anti-Tank Weapon System Model of 1941") is an anti-tank rifle that was produced and used from early 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II.
The Heckler & Koch G3 ( German: Gewehr 3) is a select-fire battle rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO developed in the 1950s by the German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch, in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned firearms manufacturer CETME. [ 2] The G3 was the service rifle of the German Bundeswehr until it was replaced by the Heckler ...
The CZ 805 BREN A1 is the standard assault rifle configuration chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge with a barrel length of 360 mm (14 in). The CZ 805 BREN A2 is the carbine configuration chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge with a barrel length of 277 mm (10.9 in). The CZ 805 BREN S1 is a semi-automatic only variant of the CZ 805 BREN ...
The PTRS-41 was produced and used by the Soviet Union during World War II. In the years between the World Wars, the Soviet Union began experimenting with different types of armour-piercing anti-tank cartridges. Finding the 12.7×108mm insufficient, they began development of what became the 14.5×114mm armour-piercing round.
July 23, 2024 at 10:03 AM. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Three Army Reserve officers were disciplined for dereliction of duty in the aftermath of a rampage in which a reservist killed 18 people in ...