7.62x54mm R

Classic battle rifle cartridge, adopted in late 19th century alongside the Mosin-Nagant rifle. Now it serves as Eastern counterpart to Western .308, also remaining a popular general-purpose hunting round. In military, it is mostly used by sniper rifles and MGs, with battle rifles in that caliber being almost non-existent.

Russian Ammunition

 * M1891: Original round-nosed 13,6g lead bullet.
 * M1908: Spitzer 9,6g lead bullet.
 * ZR: Explosive round for anti-air/air to air gunnery, developed in WW1 years.
 * Chemerzin: Experimental tungsten-core round, one of the earliest ones. Anti-tank round by WW1 standards. Still fairly powerful today.
 * Type L: Light ball round, adopted in early Soviet years.
 * Type D: Heavy ball round, developed as stop-gap measure for machine guns, until proper AP rounds and HMGs will be avaliable. Later found to be useful for sniping.
 * LPS: Ball round with mild steel core introduced in 1930s to replace all previous ball rounds.
 * STM2: Improved variation with harder core.
 * T-46: Tracer ball round.
 * T-46M: Improved variation.
 * BS-41/BS-40: Limited production and limited issue WW2-era tungsten-core API load. Impressive penetration for its days.
 * PZ: WW2-era explosive-incendiary rounds for aerial gunnery. Also was in limited use by snipers.


 * B-30: Steel-cored AP round, introduced in 1930s to be quickly replaced by B-32.
 * B-32: Ubiquitous steel-cored API round, more or less default load for use against bullet-resistant targets. Able to penetrate 13.7mm of RHA at 100m.
 * B-32M: Upgraded B-32 model
 * BZT: Armor piercing-incendiary-tracer round with slightly lower penetration, than B-32.
 * 7N1: Steel-and-lead core round for sniping purposes.
 * 7N1M: Improved version of 7N1.
 * CT: Non-standardized analogue to 7N1.


 * 7N13: Enhanced penetrator with hardened steel core. Rated to penetrate 10mm of HHA at 200m, capable of piercing NIJ Type IV.
 * 7N13-01: Variant with steel case
 * 7N14: Enhanced penetration match-grade round with hardened steel core. Rated to penetrate 5mm of HHA at 300m.
 * 7N17: Enhanced performance steel-core AP.
 * 7N19: Improved enhanced performance steel-core AP.
 * 7N26: Armor-piercing ammo with hardened steel-core, for all practical purposes identical to 7N13.
 * 7N37: Modern match-grade tungsten-core AP load, designed to penetrate XSAPI-grade plates. Slightly below Swiss P AP in power.
 * 7N37M: Enhanced version with superhard tip and rear core.


 * 7N41: Accurized enhanced penetration steel-core AP.
 * 7BT1: Armor piercing-tracer (AP-T) round, comparable to 7N13
 * B-32 "Target": B-32 reloaded with complex multi-stage propellant. Excellent velocity and penetration.
 * GshG: Duplex load for use with GShG machine gun.
 * PRS: Reduced-ricochet round for urban warfare.
 * Maket: Dummy round, can be used as less-than-lethal load with about 60 meters range.


 * Tula 148: Typical 148-grain hunting load.

Russian Experimentals

 * 7N60: Experimental depleted uranium penetrator.
 * Smerch HVAP: Experimental round with dual-core (WC and steel) AP projectile and multi-stage propellant. Capable to put most .50 cal penetrators to shame.
 * Yprit: Steel-cored AP round with rear container filled with poisonous gas. Probably, just an urban legend. Or not.
 * Jackal: Steel-cored AP round with rear container filled with mercury matrix.

Ukranian Ammunition

 * UKR: Ukrainian tungsten-cored penetrator.
 * Stiletto BS-14: Ukrainian 14g tungsten penetrator. Rated to defeat 20.5mm of HHA at 100 meters.
 * MAI AP: Tungsten core 147-grain ammo. Rated to penetrate 12.7mm of HHA at 500 yards and NIJ Type IV plates at 200 yard range.

American Ammunition

 * SBR AP Steel: Steel-core AP by Southern Ballistic Research.
 * SBR AP Tungsten: Tungsten-core AP by Southern Ballistic Research.
 * Libra Snail: Lightweight high-velocity penetrator, with exceptionally good steel penetration.
 * Sellier & Bellot HPBT: 174-grain Hollow Point Boat-Tail bullet.
 * Winchester SP: 180-grain soft-point hunting load.
 * MFS SPBT: Heavy 203-grain soft-point hunting load.
 * Bernados: 7-flechette load.

Norwegian Ammunition

 * SAKO-220: Heavy 200-grain match-grade projectile.
 * Nammo AP: Modern high-performance WC-core load.

Other/Unclassed

 * M87: FMJ load from former Yugoslavia and such.
 * PPU-200: Subsonic 200-grain load from Europe.
 * API-TC: Tungsten core load by Sniper Extreme of Great Britain
 * Tubular: Predecessor of Cyclone, experimental 19th century tubular bullet by Hebler and Krnka of Germany. Terrifying performance against soft armor.