and the ability to handle the inevitably looser tolerances of ammunition manufactured by different NATO members. The 7.62×51 NATO chamber is imperceptibly longer than the .308 Winchester ...

Any survey of military firearms isn’t complete without also discussing the development of ammunition across this past quarter ...

The U.S. Army’s shift to a 6.8 mm cartridge for close-combat troops will trigger 5.56 NATO market fluctuations ... 30-’06 Sprg. ammo dropped dramatically. The March 1986 issue of American ...

308 and 5.56 NATO were developed as infantry rifle cartridges with a similar goal: to maintain effectiveness while reducing weight and size, which would allow a soldier to carry more ammunition. The ...

One of the big advantages of the 5.56 is that it is a lightweight rifle and uses lighter ammunition ... on the wrong side of the bullet. The 7.62 NATO round flies farther than the 5.56 and ...

WASHINGTON – NATO’s command in Afghanistan fessed up Thursday to a bonehead blunder – it delivered arms, ammo and food into enemy Taliban hands. The U.S.-European alliance blamed “human ...