List of types of small arms ammunition
The list of small arms ammunition shows the existing cartridges for small arms , which are also listed in the category: cartridge ammunition .
Notes on the list:
- Warning: The data in the articles are not to be regarded as reliable, as there is often confusion between Si units and Anglo-American measurements. These are not always clearly traceable in the sources. Official documents can be found in the stored CIP data sheets of the Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives .
- Weapon types: The assignment to weapon types can overlap, as some rifles also use revolver or pistol ammunition , some pistols also use revolver or rifle ammunition and some revolvers also use pistol ammunition.
- Larger calibers for other weapons can be found in the category: Gun ammunition .
- Synonyms for numerous cartridges are known and are usually mentioned in the article. In case of doubt you can consult the CIP list of synonymous calibers (status 2001) .
Rifle ammunition
Rifle ammunition in inches
This information is mainly used in the Anglo-American language area. The nominal caliber is given in decimal fractions of an inch (2.54 cm). .50 therefore corresponds to 0.50 × 2.54 cm = 1.27 cm; .30 the popular 7.62 mm (0.762 cm) caliber. Another point is added to distinguish between different cartridges with the same diameter. For example, the .308 Winchester cartridge (= 7.62 × 51 mm) is not intended for barrels in the calculated caliber 0.308 × 2.54 cm = 0.7823 cm, but the number 8 is used to distinguish it from other cartridges in the 7.62 caliber mm.
Rifle ammunition in mm
Shotgun ammunition
inch | gauge | |
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There are also shotgun ammunition in calibers .22 Long Rifle, .22 Winchester Magnum, in other pistol and revolver calibers and in caliber 9 mm Flobert. The shotgun calibers 24, 28 and 32 are rarely used.
Pistol ammunition
Revolver ammunition
Small caliber ammunition
- .17 PMC / Aguila
- .17 Mach 2
- .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire (HMR)
- .22 WRF
- .22 BB
- .22 CB
- .22 short (.22 short)
- .22 long (.22 long)
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.22 lfB (.22 lr)
- .22 lfB (lr) Subsonic
- .22 lfB (lr) HV
- .22 lfB (lr) Stinger
- .22 lfB (lr) shot
- .22 Winchester Magnum (.22 WMR)
Room ammunition
- 2 mm hummingbird (2.7 × 9 mm - smallest centerfire ammunition ever produced)
- 2.34 mm
- 3 mm hummingbird
- 4 mm M 20 center fire
- 4 mm short
- 4 mm long
- 4.25 mm Liliput
- 6 mm Flobert
- 9 mm Flobert
- 9 mm double shot
Abbreviations
abbreviation | meaning |
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ACP | Automatic Colt Pistol |
AE | Action Express |
automobile | Automatic (for self-loading weapons ) |
AutoMag (Auto. Mag.) | Automatic magnum |
BAR | Browning Automatic Rifle |
BMG | Browning Machine Gun |
DWM | German arms and ammunition factories |
Cap | Glock Automatic Pistol |
H&H | Holland & Holland |
HMR | Hornady Magnum Rimfire |
HV | High velocity |
I. | infantry |
IRS | Infantry Rand Spitz |
IR | Infantry edge |
lfB | long for rifle |
lr | long rifle |
Mk (Mk X, MkX) | mark |
NAA | North American Arms |
R (X, XX × XX R) | Rim |
S&W | Smith & Wesson |
SIG | Swiss Industrial Company |
SuperMag (Super Mag.) | Super magnum |
WCF | Winchester Centerfire |
WMR | Winchester Magnum Rimfire |
WRF | Winchester Rimfire |
WSM | Winchester Short Magnum |
abbreviation | meaning | |
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English | German | |
without | rimless | Rimless |
R. | rimmed | with edge |
SR | semi rimmed | with half rim (HR) |
B. | belted | with a belt |
RB | rebated | with indented edge |
Organizations: testing, standardization, documentation
Internationally, several organizations are involved in the testing, approval, specification and documentation of cartridges for firearms. In particular, these are the firing offices of the states of the European Union and other states whose informal umbrella organization is the CIP ( Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives ) ( Permanent International Commission for Firearms Testing ). In Germany, each ammunition lots tested with up to 3,000 cartridges. In the USA, the SAAMI ( Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute ), as a non-governmental, manufacturing organization, is engaged in similar tasks.
Multiple designations and assignment schemes
Because of the frequent multiple names of cartridges, different codes have been established to identify certain cartridges. This can best be shown for a cartridge as an example:
- .45 Colt
- .45 Long Colt
- .45 Long Colt Double Action
- .45 Long Colt DA
- .45 Colt Army Double Action
- .45 Colt Long
- .45 Colt USA
- .45-40-250 Colt revolver
- SAA 7690
- EB 430
- (11.43 × 33 R)
- XCR 11 032 CBC 020
All of the above designations mean one and the same cartridge, the multiple designations have arisen historically and indicate different loads and manufacturers of the cartridge.
- Manufacturer cartridge names are adopted by CIP for approval.
- SAA names are names of the SAAMI
- Metric designations enable the cartridges to be compared and assigned
- XCR The European Cartridge Research Association (ECRA) has defined the XCR coding (XCR stands for E x tended C heinisse R egenstreif Code) for cartridges, with the help of which each cartridge can be clearly assigned a code. However, this system is complicated and not widely used. In addition, many different variants such as drill, exercise, propellant, observation, tool, buffer cartridges etc. are known for the 8 × 57 IS cartridge under the XCR code 08-057-BGC-110.
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. 73-93 .
- 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. 71-83 .
- Wayne Van Zwoll: Hunter's Guide to Long-Range Shooting . Stackpole, Mechanicsburg, PA 2006, ISBN 978-0-8117-3314-4 (ballistic data on projectiles and cartridges).
- Frank C. Barnes: Cartridges of the World: A Complete and Illustrated Reference for Over 1500 Cartridges . 12th edition. Gun Digest Books, Iola WI 2009, ISBN 978-0-89689-936-0 (English).
- RT Huntington: Small caliber identification Guide , Vol. 1, US-Army Foreign Science and Technology Center, 1978, (195 pages online-PDF 7.31 MB)
- Hermann Kast The explosives and detonators , Braunschweig, Vieweg, 1921, (558 pages)
- Triebel: Delta -L (Information on the topic : Delta L problem )
- Robert E. Walker: Cartridges and Firearm Identification , CRC Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4665-8881-3 .
Web links
- CIP (Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives), official website (multilingual)
- SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute), official website
- SAAMI Pressures, pressure information in PSI (archive version)
- ECRA (European Cartridge Research Association), official website (English)
- AECC (Asociación Española de Coleccionistas de Cartuchería) (Spanish)
- Ammunition of the World at AmmunitionPages.com
- Comparison table ammunition handguns sorted according to Anglo-American and metric dimensions (ital.)
- Hornady, manufacturer information on ballistic data for numerous cartridges
- Original document Military Explosives, Small Arms Ammunition , Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1942 (American ammunition and explosives)
- MSELECT (archive version, data and images of ammunition)
- Ammunition, history of construction types , with numerous subpages at biggetal.de
- AMMUNITION DATA TABLES, from 10mm to 128mm at quarry.nildram.co.uk
Individual evidence
- ↑ CIP data from cartridges in the caliber range of .30 aka 7.62 mm ( Memento from April 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), viewed on April 17, 2018
- ↑ CIP Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives tasks and sphere of activity (PDF file; 443 kB), accessed on April 17, 2018
- ↑ Beschussamt Ulm: AMMUNITION APPROVAL (PDF, 82.5 kB) ( Memento from April 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), viewed on April 17, 2018
- ↑ Caliber .45 Colt Overview of multiple designations , accessed on April 17, 2018
- ↑ SAAMI / SLARAC, International Fire Code , accessed April 17, 2018
- ↑ Description of the XCR coding for cartridges , accessed on April 17, 2018
- ↑ Overview of variants of the 8x57 IS cartridge ( memento of March 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), viewed on April 17, 2018