12.7 x 108 mm

12.7 x 108 mm
general information
caliber	12.7 x 108 mm
Sleeve shape	Bottle neck sleeve
Dimensions
Sleeve shoulder ⌀	18.51 mm
Sleeve neck ⌀	13.58 mm
Floor ⌀	12.95 mm
Cartridge bottom ⌀	21.60 mm
Sleeve length	108 mm
Cartridge length	145.50 mm
Weights
Bullet weight	51.00 g
Powder weight	17.60 g
total weight	140 g
Technical specifications
Speed ​​v 0	830-860 m / s
Bullet energy E 0	17,567-18,860 yrs
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The 12.7 × 108 mm cartridge (also known as the M30 / 38 in military terms ) was developed in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s . It was originally intended to be used as anti-tank rifle ammunition , but it turned out to be insufficiently powerful. The penetration power of the armored projectiles is 15 mm armor steel at a distance of 500 m with an impact angle of 90 °. For this purpose, the 14.5 × 114 mm cartridge was released a decade later , which developed almost twice the muzzle energy. Its ballistic properties were nevertheless quite good, whereupon the M30 / 38 was used in super-heavy machine guns (especially on-board machine guns of tanks and aircraft) and is still used today.

weapons

• Machine gun DSchK , NSW , Kord
• Airplane MG Beresin UB
• Automatic cannon shvak cannon
• OSW-96 sniper rifle
• KSWK sniper rifle

See also

Comparable NATO cartridge: 12.7 × 99 mm NATO

literature

• Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun, Wilfried Copenhagen : small arms . (1945-1985). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of rifles from around the world . 5th edition. tape 1 + 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-89488-057-0 , cartridges, p. 92 .
• Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun: Infantry weapons yesterday . (1918-1945). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89488-036-8 , cartridges, p. 81-82 .

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