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7BT1
7.62mm rifle cartridge with armor-piercing tracer bullet

The 7.62mm 7BT1 rifle cartridge with armor-piercing tracer bullet is used against enemy personnel and ground light armored vehicles as well as for target designation and fire adjustment

Main characteristics
Caliber, mm
7,62
Max weight, g:
cartridge
22,1
bullet
9,5
Average bullet velocity V25, m/s
820-835
Mean/peak value of maximum gas pressure, kgf/cm2
2900/3100
Cartridge case material
bimetal
Special bullet effects
at least 80% of all bullets penetrate a 5mm thick St3 steel plate installed vertically at 500 meters; at least 90% of all bullets have the tracing time of 2.9 s