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countries, modern Russia, China and other countries. It was invented in 1934 to create a cartridge like the German 13.2mm TuF anti-tank rifle round and the American .50 Browning Machine Gun round (12.7×99mm NATO). It is used in the same roles as the

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.50 BMG ( 12.7×99mm NATO) cartridge. The two differ in bullet shape and weight, and the casing of the 12.7×108mm is slightly longer, and its larger case capacity allow it to hold slightly more of a different type of powder. The 12.7×108mm can be used to engage a wide variety of targets on the battlefield, and will destroy unarmored vehicles, penetrate lightly armored vehicles and damage external ancillary equipment (i.e.: searchlights, radar, transmitters, vision blocks, engine compartment covers) on heavily armored vehicles such as tanks. It will also ignite gasoline and—since 2019—diesel fuel (experimental "Avers" AP/I round).

Cartridge dimensions

The 12.7×108mm has 22.72 ml (350

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12.7×108 maximum cartridge dimensions. All sizes in millimeters (mm). Americans define the shoulder angle at alpha/2 ≈ 18.16 degrees. According to guidelines the 12.7×108mm case can handle up to 360 MPa (52,213 psi) piezo pressure. In C.I.P. regulated countries every rifle cartridge combo has to be proofed at 125% of this maximum CIP pressure to certify for sale to consumers.

Cartridge types

Soviet and Russian 12.7×108 types

; Б-30 / B-30 : First version of 1930. Armor-piercing () bullet weighing 49 g and 64 mm long with hardened steel core.Гнатовский Н. И., Шорин П. А. История развития отечественного стрелкового оружия. — М.: Военное изд-во Министерства обороны СССР, 1959, с. 235 Replaced by B-32. ; БЗТ / BZT : Pre-WW2 armor-piercing incendiary () tracer. Replaced by BZT-44. ; Б-32 / B-32 ( GRAU# 57-BZ-542, 7-BZ-2) : Steel-cored bullet. Main type in use. Penetrates 20mm NATO medium-hard RHA from 500m at 0° when fired out of DShKM. Penetrates 20mm 2P steel from 100m at 0° when fired out of NSV-12.7. First produced 1936; named after the B-32

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ammunition of 1932. ; БС-41 / BS-41 : API bullet weighing 55.4 g and 51 mm long with a

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(Re8 WC-Co) core. Produced in small quantities at the beginning of WWII for the 12.7 mm Sholokhov anti-tank rifles (PTRSh-41). ; БЗТ-44 / BZT-44 (GRAU# 57-BZT-542) : APIT with brighter tracer, usually used with B-32. Complemented by BZT-44M (GRAU# 57-BZT-542M) of 2002 with subdued tracer. ; БЗФ-46 / BZF-46 : API bullet with (white) phosphorus (). Aircraft MG round. ; БС / BS (GRAU# 7-BZ-1) : API bullet with cemented carbide (VK8 WC-Co, commonly called a "cermet" in Russian) core, developed in 1972. Ballistics also similar to B-32. ; / MDZ (GRAU# 7-3-2) : Immediate-action incendiary. Used in belt with B-32 and BZT-44(M). ; 12,7 1СЛ / 12.71SL (GRAU# 9-A-4012) ; 12,7 1СЛТ / 12.7 1SLT (GRAU# 9-A-4427) : Tandem / duplex cartridge with two bullets inside, in normal and tracer versions. Developed 1985 for use by helicopter against soft targets. ; 12,7СН / 12.7SN (GRAU# 7N34) : Sniper cartridge (FMJ; AP). Bullet weighs 59.2 g and travels at ~790-800 m/s. Bullet consists of hardened tool steel tip and lead body. Able to defeat lightly-armored vehicles at 1500 m and 10 mm RHA at 800 m. Entered production in the 2000s.АСВК КОРД 12.7х108 и ОСВ-96 - YouTube
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Use

Anti-tank and anti-materiel rifles

* AMR-2

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KSVK The KSVK 12.7 (russian: Крупнокалиберная Снайперская Винтовка Ковровская (''Krupnokalibernaya Snayperskaya Vintovka Kovrovskaya''); en, Large-Caliber Kovrov Sniper Rifle) or Degtyarev sniper rifle is ...

anti-materiel sniper rifle *

OSV-96 OSV-96 (Russian: ОСВ-96) is a Russian heavy Semi-automatic rifle, semi-automatic precision rifle chambered for the 12.7×108mm. Description The rifle is capable of engaging infantry at a distance of up to 1800 meters and can combat material ...

anti-materiel sniper rifle * PDSHP anti-materiel sniper rifle *

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anti-materiel sniper rifle *

Snipex M Snipex M is a long-range single-shot 12.7mm rifle with automatic case ejection. Developed by XADO, XADO-Holding Ltd. company (Kharkiv, Ukraine). Design The Snipex М rifle is available in two versions. Snipex М75 has a barrel length of 750 ...

* SVN-98 experimental anti-materiel rifle * V-94 anti-tank/anti-materiel rifle *

Vidhwansak Vidhwansak (Sanskrit: "The Destroyer") is an Indian multi-caliber anti-materiel rifle (AMR) or large-caliber sniper rifle manufactured by Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli. It can be used in the anti-materiel role for destroying enemy bunkers, light ...

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Zastava M93 Black Arrow The M93 Black Arrow ( sr, М93 Црна стрела/''M93 Crna strela'') is a 12.7×108mm anti-materiel rifle developed and manufactured by Zastava Arms. Overview The rifle was designed in 1993 and entered production in 1998. The primary purpos ...

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Heavy machine guns

6P62 6P62 (6П62) is the GRAU designation of a Russian handheld machine gun chambered for the 12.7×108mm round. Its project code name is unknown. It is a large-frame automatic rifle with a short barrel and a folding bipod. It has a large compensating ...

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Afanasev A-12.7 The Afanasev A-12.7 is a heavy machine gun developed by Nikolay M. Afanasev in 1949 and adopted for service in 1953. This gun was supposed to have a considerably higher rate of fire than its predecessor, the Berezin UB aircraft machine gun. Due ...

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DShK The DShK 1938 (Cyrillic: ДШК, for russian: Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, links=no, "Degtyaryov-Shpagin large-calibre") is a Soviet heavy machine gun with a V-shaped but ...

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Berezin UB The Berezin UB (russian: УБ - Универсальный Березина) (''Berezin's Universal'') was a 12.7 mm caliber Soviet aircraft machine gun widely used during World War II. Development In 1937, Mikhail Yevgenyevich Berezin bega ...

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Type 77 heavy machine gun The Type 77 heavy machine gun or Type 85 is a Chinese 12.7×108mm heavy machine gun featuring an indigenous design. History During the mid-1970s, China decided to develop a lighter 12.7 mm machine gun to replace the Type 54 (indigenous DShK ...

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QJZ-89 The QJZ-89, also known as the Type 89 heavy machine gun, is a heavy machine gun designed in the People's Republic of China and fires the Soviet 12.7×108mm ammunition. History In the early 1980s, Chinese firearms designers received scattered inf ...

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heavy machine gun * Yu-12.7 aircraft gun

References

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Maxim Popenker, modernfirearms.net

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Cartridge dimensions

Cartridge types

Soviet and Russian 12.7×108 types

Use

Anti-tank and anti-materiel rifles

Heavy machine guns

See also

References

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