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==Rifle cartridges in 7.62 mm caliber== The most common and historical rifle cartridges in this caliber are: * [[.30 carbine]], used in the [[M1 carbine|M1/M2/M3 carbines]], is sometimes called the 7.62×33mm. * [[300 AAC Blackout (7.62×35mm)]], also known as 300 BLK, is designed for the [[M4 carbine]] and [[STANAG magazine]]. * Soviet [[7.62×39mm]], also known as 7.62 mm Soviet, M43, or occasionally [[.30 Short Combloc]], is designed for the [[SKS]] and used in the [[AK-47]], [[AKM]], [[RPK]] and [[RPD machine gun|RPD]] light machine guns. * [[7.62×40mm Wilson Tactical]]. * [[7.62×45mm]] vz. 52, made solely for the Czechoslovak [[vz. 52 rifle]], was replaced by 7.62×39mm. * [[7.62×51mm NATO]] and its civilian variant [[.308 Winchester]], sometimes described as .308 NATO by people mixing Imperial and Customary measurements, is used by some civilians, with metric measurements used by NATO. * [[7.62×53mmR]], Finnish design based on the Russian 7.62×54mmR round. * [[7.62×54mmR]], another Russian cartridge, it was first used in the [[Mosin–Nagant]] rifle in 1891. The modern versions of the cartridges are now in wide use in numerous world armies as sniper rifles (particularly the [[SVD (rifle)|SVD]] family) and machine guns (numerous types, many developed from AK family, such as the [[PK machine gun|PKM]]). * [[.30-06 Springfield]], is a US military cartridge used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, as well as hunting game, is known as the 7.62×63mm in metric measurement. * [[.303 British]], used in [[Lee–Metford]] and [[Lee–Enfield]] rifles, is known as 7.7×56mmR in metric measurement. * [[7.7×58mm Arisaka]] is used in the [[Type 99 rifle|Type 99]], [[Parachutist's Rifle Type 2|Type 2]] and [[Type 4 rifle|Type 4]] rifles. * [[7.65×53mm Argentine]] is used in various [[Mauser]] bolt-action rifles, primarily in Belgium, Turkey, and Argentina. * [[.308 Norma Magnum]] * [[.300 Norma Magnum]] * [[.300 Winchester Magnum]] is used by many hunting and sniper rifles, sometimes called the 7.62×67mm. * [[.300 Winchester Short Magnum]] * [[.300 Lapua Magnum]], 7.62×70mm * [[.30-30 Winchester]], a popular deer hunting cartridge, is typically used in lever-action rifles, such as the [[Winchester Model 1894]] and [[Marlin Model 336]], and is adapted to European sporting guns as 7.62×51mmR. * [[.30 R Blaser]], used in break-action rifles for hunting medium to large game. * [[.30 TC|.30 Thompson Center (.30 TC)]]<ref>[http://www.tcarms.com/firearms/venture.php 30TC]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924133718/http://www.tcarms.com/firearms/venture.php |date=2011-09-24 }}</ref> * [[.30-378 Weatherby Magnum]] *[[30-40 Krag]]
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