Appears to be a 7.62 NATO cartridge. Any idea on what era and type of bullet? It is a very, very light bullet. Loaded in a belt with every fifth as a tracer.
Need help identifying this cartridge and bullet
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Dems Drillz.
Might be experimental.
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Hard to believe they're rubber bullets on a 7.62. That's too much energy for a non-lethal.
Might be experimental.
Rubber bullets are (usually) not lethal, but these new plastic bullets are
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Hard to believe they're rubber bullets on a 7.62. That's too much energy for a non-lethal.
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It’s called short stop ammo. Used for indoor, short ranges
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"It's expensive, but The Government will buy it." - Turbo Encabulator scientist
My cousin was on an exercise in Germany where the Bundeswehr were definitely shooting projectiles at him with an MG3. I presume it was "Patrone AM32, 7.62mm × 51, DM18A1B1, Übung ("practice"), (Germany): 10-grain (0.6 g) 7.62×51mm NATO plastic training cartridge, plastic case cartridge colored light blue with a light 10-grain plastic bullet which is fired with a high initial velocity. Non-corrosive, steel base with lead free primer. Developed from the Norwegian NM8 and NM127 short range practice rounds made by Bakelittfabrikken. Non-reloadable due to the plastic case."
Depending on the propellant, I would think that after a certain range it would hurt like hell but be kinda like getting smacked real good with a rather larger airsoft BB. Give you a welt and turn you some new and fascinating shades of purple maybe.Sounds dangerous as fuck
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Probably no more dangerous than CCMCK or paint markers. I had one stroke my watch on the face and break it. It was a G shock, I was surprisedSounds dangerous as fuck
I am thinking these are more similar to the SRTA rounds (M862) rather than CCMCK/UTM rounds. While plastic, M862 certainly has the capability of being lethal at close ranges.
Edit: judging from the projectile shape, it kinda reminds me of high-drag cannon projectiles I’ve seen. Basically designed slow down super quick, and reducing an SDZ that might be something like 5-7k meters into maybe 1k. I think this is the same idea but on a smaller scale, allowing shooters to conduct a limited form of live-fire on ranges or complexes that normal ammunition wouldn’t be contained.
Short range…but not necessarily for force on force.
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Oh yeah without a doubt these would be dangerous to people/flesh at closer distances. I was referring to your description of the training rounds being used and dorn saying it sounded dangerous.
CCMCK, simunitions, SRTA are all fun to use or train with for sure. The SRTA has its quirks with needing a different bolt, and they will hang up in a barrel if it has any oil residue in it. It’s always fun cleaning a barrel that has a few lodged in it from the user not paying attention.
