7.92x57mm

7.92x57mm, or 8mm Mauser, is a German battle rifle cartridge, widely considered to be one of the best in its class. It gradually fell out of military use after WW2, but remains a popular hunting round.

* V denotes extra-powerful loading of military cartridges, with approximately 100 m/s more of muzzle velocity,

Ammunition types

 * S Patrone: 9,9g lead core bullet, standard WW1 German ball ammunition.
 * sS Patrone: Heavy 12,8g lead core ammo, originally intended for machine gun use, but eventually replacing S Patrone as common ball round.
 * LSG: Light 5,5g aluminum core bullet, designed for gunnery practice.
 * SMK: Armor-piercing round with hardened steel-core. V variant is avaliable.
 * SMK L: Tracer version of SMK round. V variant is avaliable.
 * SMKH: Limited-production armor-piercing round with tungsten carbide core. While it was known to be able to defeat T-26 tanks with 15mm armor, it's rather inefficent design with short core contributing to poor sectional density. V variant is avaliable.
 * SMKH L: Tracer version of SMKH round. V variant is avaliable.
 * SMKHU: Experimental batch of armor-piercing incendiary rounds with depleted uranium core. V variant is avaliable.
 * SMKHU L: Tracer version of SMKHU round. V variant is avaliable.
 * PMK: Armor-piercing incendiary round with steel core and phoshorous payload. V variant is avaliable.
 * Beobachtung: Explosive-incendiary round designed for aerial gunnery. V variant is avaliable.
 * Panzerpatrone: late war improved armor-piercing round with large and heavy hardened steel core.
 * PZV: Experimental low-deflection round.
 * Platz-33: Training cardboard bullet.
 * Doppel: Experimental duplex load.
 * Dreifach: Experimental triplex load.
 * Hebler-Krnka: Experimental tubular airfoil round.
 * Norma-198: Hollow-point hunting round.