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Section 9: Military Weapons Subject: Military Ammunition Msg# 1039457
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I was thinking of the Dutch 6.53 as perhaps the smallest of the several 6.5s, but I too would have to look up the actual cartridge sizes and bullet diameters to see if that was the smallest cartridge.
I think I had in mind for the Russian rifle the PTRD-41, a WWII 14.5mm anti-tank rifle, but I think you'd consider that the same as the BOYS Rifle, not in the anti-personnel category. The Russians do field a couple of 12mm sniper rifles now, but so do we, and those are out of the time period anyway. I wasn't aware of the larger rifles of the time period you mentioned. For the most part the Greeks disintegrated as a functioning army early on in WWII and I'm not aware of what they may have used--even to this day I simply have no knowledge of it. I would have said the largest conventional rounds were the German 7.92mm Mausers. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Without actually looking it up I'd say the Greeks used some 9mm and 9.5 Mannlicher, then the Germans, Czechs and some of the Balkan countries used the 7.97mm rifle round, while the Japanese and Italians (and neutral Swedes) used the 6.5mm rounds. Just spitballing? Harvey |
