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Section 9: Military Weapons Subject: Military Ammunition Msg# 1039463
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I would have said the largest conventional rounds were the German 7.92mm Mausers.
I'd agree. (Don't know why I typed 7.97mm? The Japanese used a 6.5x50, but I don't know the actual bullet diameter. Harvey |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: 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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