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From: snitor!petert@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Toth)
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Subject: Re: .223 to little for deer, but big enough for people?
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Date: 19 Apr 91 12:06:17 GMT
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In article <549@erb1.engr.wisc.edu> plains!umn-cs!LOCAL!wytten@uunet.UU.NET (Dale Wyttenbach) writes:
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>Folklore says that when the 5.56mm rounds don't tumble, the M-16 has
>very little stopping power compared to the Soviet AK-47, which fires a
>7.62mm round.  Incidentally, the U.S. M-60 machine gun (Rambo fired
>one from the hip, you remember :-) also uses a 7.62mm round, but I
>think it's backed with a lot more powder.
>
>dale


The AK-47 (Kalashnikov) and it's forerunner the SKS-56 (Simonov)fire the
7.62x39mm cartridge, which generates very similar energies to the 5.56x45,
or 5.56NATO also known as the .223 Remington.

The M-60 fires the 7.62x51mm, or 7.62NATO, also known as the .308.


Peter Toth

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