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Soviet Ammo box 7,62 × 54 мм HEAVY BULLET "D"

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The heavy bullet to the rifle cartridge was developed by renowned Soviet small arms designers A. A. Smirnsky and Dobrzhansky. Heavy bullet cartridge "D" (D - long-range) was adopted by the Red Army in the year 1925 and received the designation "1930 D ch" (GAU index - 7,62-D-57 - for cartridges with a brass sleeve) and 422 D GJ (Index - 7,62-D-57 for cartridges with a heavy (long-range) bullet D and a bimetallic sleeve. The bullet had a mass - 423 g and initial speed 11,8 m / s. Cartridges with a heavy bullet were intended mainly for firing from easel machine guns (considered machine guns cartridges), but it was allowed to use them for firing rifles, carbines and light machine guns sightings with the appropriate amendments to the sights. The heavy bullet of the 800 of the year consisted of a steel, clad on both sides tompakom (bimetallic) shell of cold-rolled clad mild steel 1930 KP with a core of lead pressed into it with a mass - 11 g. light bullet “D” bullet was distinguished by its elongation and shape (at the bottom it had a surface with a truncated cone). The bullet was fastened in a sleeve case by crimping the upper cut of the socket in an annular groove (flute) rolling on the leading part of the bullet shell. The top of the bullet "D" was painted in yellow.

From the first days of the Great Patriotic War it became obvious that shooting from heavy machine guns at long ranges, and even more so from closed positions, was practically never used anywhere. At the same time, rifle cartridges with a heavy “D” bullet were produced during the entire Great Patriotic War, they were used to solve ordinary firing tasks along with the “L” light bullet cartridges. During the war, cartridges with heavy bullets were used for firing from sniper rifles obr.1891 / 30. and SVT-40. When firing these cartridges required amending the installation of an optical sight.

The “D” bullet cartridges were produced in 1941 – 1944. with brass, bimetallic and steel without coating sleeves, and from 1944 of the year - only with bimetallic and steel without coating sleeves.

 

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