File:7.62x39mm and 5.45x39mm.jpg
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English: This is a size comparison between a Chinese surplus .311-caliber 7.62x39mm (designed in 1944 for the RPD and then the SKS) next to a modern production Wolf steel-case 5.45x39mm (the round designed in 1974 to replace the 7.62x39mm.) Think of the 7.62x39mm as a smaller .308 and the 5.45x39mm as a "hot .22". The Russians designed the 5.45 to have a thinner, longer bullet to travel fast and yaw and tumble when hitting a target to increase the likelihood of hitting a vital organ or vein. They designed the 5.45 AK-74 to phase out the 7.62x39mm AKM and jump on the "hot .22" bandwagon instead of continuing to use slower, fatter bullets. |
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| current | 10:40, 28 February 2016 | | 2,448 × 3,264 (4.78 MB) | Francis Flinch | touched up image |
| 05:49, 19 April 2015 |  | 2,448 × 3,264 (1.75 MB) | Votesmall | User created page with UploadWizard |
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