To: Yehuda
The Russian version is 7.62 x 39mm vs. 7.62 x 51 mm NATO. The Russian round is about equivalent to your granddads 30-30 while the NATO round is equivalent to .308 Winchester.
The ballistics of the two rounds are quite different.
L
23 posted on
03/21/2004 2:39:55 PM PST by
Lurker
(Don't bite the hand that meads you.)
To: Lurker; Yehuda
The Russian version is 7.62 x 39mm vs. 7.62 x 51 mm NATO. The Russian round is about equivalent to your granddads 30-30 while the NATO round is equivalent to .308 Winchester I think Yehuda was thinking of the 7.62x54R fired by the Dragunov
Issued to each squad for long-range firepower (not really a sniper capability in the US sense of the word)
28 posted on
03/21/2004 5:28:08 PM PST by
SauronOfMordor
(That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
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