eesnyder@boulder.colorado.edu (Eric E. Snyder) (08/30/89)
From: eesnyder@boulder.colorado.edu (Eric E. Snyder) I have heard that the Soviets have been developing a new smaller caliber rifle cartridge to replace the 7.62x39 of AK-47 fame. The idea was to create a round with similar ballistics to the 5.56mm. Questions: Has this round been deployed? What are the exact dimensions, ballistics? Eric E. Snyder Department of Biochemistry University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309 boulder!eesnyder@ncar.UCAR.EDU
malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy) (09/01/89)
From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy)
From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy)
I'm not familiar with the specifications of the round, but the
information you're looking for should be in the document
The Wounding Potential of the AK-74 Assault Rifle
published by the Letterman (?) Army Institute of Research in San
Francisco a year or so back. You will be able to find it listed in a
NTIC (National Technical Information Center) catalog for the year of
publication.
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Navy Personnel Research & Development Center | and emits two morons, a
San Diego, CA 92152-6800 | lepton, a boson, and a
malloy@nprdc.navy.mil | boson's mate. Why did I ever
| take high-energy physics?"jln@portia.Stanford.EDU (Jared Nedzel) (09/01/89)
From: jln@portia.Stanford.EDU (Jared Nedzel)
In _War in Afghanistan_, by Mark Urban, the author says that the AK-74
(the replacement for the AK-47) uses a 5.45mm round. Unfortunately, the
author gives no other dimensions or ballistics information, except to
claim that the round is designed to be unstable upon entry into the body,
thus tumbling and causing more serious wounds.
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Jared L. Nedzel
e-mail: nedzel@cive.stanford.edu
jln@portia.stanford.edu