5.8 X 42 CHINESE

China started development of the 5.8×42mm / DBP87 in 1979 and finished in 1987. The 5.8×42mm / DBP87 was designed to replace the Soviet 7.62×39mm cartridge used by the People's Liberation Army. The Type 95 / QBZ-95 (Chinese: 轻武器,步枪,自动, 1995; Pinyin: Qing wuqì,...

5.7 X 28 P-90

The FN 5.7×28mm is a small-caliber, high-velocity cartridge designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium. It is a bottlenecked centerfire cartridge that is somewhat similar to the .22 Hornet or .22 K-Hornet. The 5.7×28mm was developed in conjunction with the FN...

5.6mm TROUND FLECHETTE

The 5.6mm SPIW Tround cartridges were developed by Harrington & Richardson, Inc and invented by David A. Dardick. Original loading was 3 10gr. flechettes. This specimen is in all probability a dummy load with three solid copper round nose bullets that replaced the...

5.56 X 45 STEYR XPL

The Steyr 5.56 mm ACR is a gas operated/ rising chamber modular weapon system firing semiautomatic or high cyclic 3 round burst of flechette projectiles from a 24 double round magazine. This system combines the ultimate feature in weapon optics, and ammunition design....

5.56 X 38 FABRL

Designed by Frankford Arsenal during 1972 - 1973. A large number of projectiles were designed with a high L/D (length to diameter) ratio but low mass during this program (1971-1973). All of the projectile designs are of a composite core nature with a wide variety of...

5.45 X 39 AK.74

The 5.45×39mm cartridge was a Russian development in the early 1970s, and is an example of an international tendency towards relatively small sized, light weight, high velocity military service cartridges. Cartridges like the 5.45×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO and Chinese...

5 X 52R AUSTRIAN

This was one of the Austrian caliber reduction experiments during the early 1890’s. The Austro-Hungarians, in line with other European powers began their research and development of a military 6.5mm cartridge during 1891. It was based on developments by Italy with...

4.85 X 49 BRITISH

During the 1960s, the United Kingdom experimented with creating a lightweight but effective replacement for the 7.62×51mm NATO round. Their original experiments focused on a .280 British round necked downed to 6.3mm. However, in the 1960s, a West German study proposed...

4.6 X 30 HECKLER & KOCH

The concept of a personal defense weapon is not a new one, starting in the early 80’s with FN’s P90. These are weapons that are intended for non-first-line troops. The first line troops being infantry etc. which are issued with full power rifles such as AR15’s,...

4.3 X 45 DAG

The 4,3x45 and the 4,6x36 cartridges were steps in the development of the G11 rifle and the caseless ammunition of Heckler & Koch. Early trials used the 4,9mm caliber. By February 1973 a decision was made in favour of the 4,3mm caliber because of its better...