A rifle cartridge developed in 1891 for the Mosin Nagant. Still in use around the world today. Packs between 3600 and 3900 J of kinetic energy. In comparison, .22 Long packs between 150 and 250 J.
The Mosin-Nagant, which uses a 7.62x54r cartridge, has been used since the Russo-Japanese War and is still being used in Afganistan today.
by Secruss December 11, 2010
Get the 7.62x54r mug.A Soviet intermediate rifle cartridge inspired by America's .30 Carbine and Nazi Germany's 7.92x33mm Kurz cartridges and designed for the SKS and RPD. It was later used in the AK-47 (and all the clones of it made by every communist country ever), AKM, RPK, Vz.58, Rk62, Rk95, Valmet M78, Galil, Ruger Mini-30, AK-103 and 104, and AK-12, among others (every 2nd World country and many 3rd World countries adopted it as their main service rifle round because the Soviets told them to, and many civilians love to buy semi-auto surplus or civilian-legal original versions of the guns mentioned above). It is comparable in power to the .30-30 Winchester and is therefore an excellent round for hunting deer. It is analogous to the 7.62x51mm NATO/.308 Winchester, but much less powerful. The top 3 users of 7.62x39mm are (former) Communists, terrorists, and right-wing Americans (simply because they are way too obsessed with the movie Red Dawn).
The USSR officially replaced the 7.62x39mm cartridge with the 5.45x39mm in 1974, but it is still used by urban Russian police forces and sometimes used for special operations (with the AKM or AK103/AK104, NEVER with the AK-47 anymore) because it penetrates light cover better than 5.45 (at the cost of lower accuracy and range, however).
The USSR officially replaced the 7.62x39mm cartridge with the 5.45x39mm in 1974, but it is still used by urban Russian police forces and sometimes used for special operations (with the AKM or AK103/AK104, NEVER with the AK-47 anymore) because it penetrates light cover better than 5.45 (at the cost of lower accuracy and range, however).
Most people believe the 7.62x39mm is most effective when fired into the air wildly while screaming, but this isn't necessarily the case.
by anonymoose78 February 22, 2012
Get the 7.62x39mm mug.One of NATO's military firearm calibers. The 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge is often used in allied (American, UK, German, French, etc) machine guns, sniper rifles, and even a few assault rifles (such as Heckler & Koch's G3A3).
by Dave February 1, 2004
Get the 7.62x51mm NATO mug.Ammunition for small arms, particularly chambered in rifles: most notably rifles of the AK platform/family, which most wannabe revolutionaries who play victim of our day want banned, because it's always an inanimate object's fault!. 7.62x39 ammunition achieved the nickname of "7.62 Soviet," because it originated in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Though the gun, and ammunition itself isn't the problem: somebody has to pick it up, and operate it. That said, it can be used by Commies to get rid of those who disagree with them, freedom fighters(insurgents, revolutionaries, whatever you wanna call them for your own interests, especially for the media who BS a lot) who resist what they see as 'oppression,' terrorists who perpetrate violence for their dumb beliefs(Jihad, or whatever the f*** they murder, and/or kill for), and/or anybody who has a Rifle that chambers 7.62x39.
The man shoved 7.62x39 rounds down his magazine, before flipping the safety off, and loading his AK-47, aligning the magazine into the receiver of his rifle, before pulling it's bolt back, and firing down-range, as bullets hammered his targets.
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