Cartridge containers of the Russian (Soviet) army. Military history, weapons, old and military maps Zinc box with cartridges
Zinc - rolled tin box, approx. length. 35 cm and width approx. 15 cm, painted with protective paint. The sizes of zinc for many cartridges are the same, only the number of cartridges in zinc changes. So, for example, 7.62 mm rifle-machine guns, 7.62 and 5.45 machine guns, 5.45 PSM and 9 PM are placed in “zincs” of the same size. But if there are 660 7.62 machine guns, then 5.45 machine guns are 1080 pieces, 2160 in a box. The weight of the wooden box itself is 3 kg. 7.62x39 automatic - in a box there are 2 zinc pieces of 660 each, a total of 1320, the weight of the box is about 25 kg. Cartridge weight - 16.3 g; cartridge length - 56.0 mm; average weight bullets - 7.9 g; average weight powder charge- 1.6 g or 1.56 g. 7.62x39 hunting - 440 pieces in zinc 7.62x39 also come not in zinc, but in plastic bags, 120 pcs. in a package 5.45x39 automatic - in zinc 36 packs of 30 pcs. Zinc in each - about 12 kg. Wooden box (two zinc) - about 30 kg. 7.62x51A Soviet - 220 rounds in zinc, 440 in a box 7.62x54R Cartridge weight - 22 g; bullet weight - 9.6 g; charge weight - about 3.2 g; cartridge length - 77.16 mm; bullet length - 28.6 mm; sleeve length - 54.8 mm. The cartridges are packed in cardboard packs of 20 pieces, packs of 22 pieces are packed in galvanized metal boxes. Two metal boxes are placed in a wooden ammunition box. The box contains 880 rounds. The estimated weight of the box is 25 kg. 5.45x18 - PSM 2016 pcs. in zinc SP-5 - 580 pcs. in zinc 9x18 PM Cartridge weight 9.2-10.4 g. Cartridge length 24.48-25.0 mm. Bullet weight 5.75-6.15 g. Number of cartridges in zinc - 1280 pcs. The number of cartridges in a wooden box is 2560 pcs. The estimated weight of the box is 28 kg. 9x19 7Н21 - 1088 pcs. in zinc Cartridge weight 9.6-9.8 g. Estimated zinc weight 11 kg. 9x19 Para - 50 rounds per pack, 16 packs in zinc, total 800. 800x12 grams = 10 kg, if you take into account the weight of zinc. 308 Win - 20 rounds per pack, 25 packs in zinc, total 500. 500x24 grams = 12 kg. + weight of zinc.223 Rem - 20 rounds in a pack, 25 packs in zinc, total 500. 500x11 grams = 5.5 kg. + zinc weight 7.62x33 - (cartridges for M1 Carbine; not to be confused with cartridges for M1 Garand .30-06 Springfield (7.62x63 mm)) were packaged in cardboard packs of 50 pieces, and those, in turn, in a wooden box of 69 pcs, a total of 3450 cartridges in the box; box dimensions 41.5x32x12 cm, weight 51.3 kg, on the front side there is a diagonal red stripe. 11.43v23 - (.45 ACP) were packaged as follows: 100 packs of 20 rounds, 2000 in total, in an iron box, and that in a wooden box measuring 41.5x32x12, weighing 48 kg; cartridges with steel sleeve 12 packs of 50 cartridges per cardboard box, 600 in total, two boxes in a wooden box, 1200 in total, box size 40.5x25x18; another option - 10 packs of 20 or 4 of 50 in a wooden box, dimensions and weight are not indicated. 9x39 SP5 cartridge weight - 32.2 g, cartridge length - 56 mm, cartridge bullet length - 36 mm. Distinctive coloring SP5 cartridges do not have bullets. Only on the corking cardboard boxes of 10 rounds was the inscription “Sniper” applied. SP6 cartridge length - 56 mm, cartridge weight - 32.0 g, bullet length 41 mm, bullet weight - 15.6 g, core weight - 10.4 g. The tip of the SP6 cartridge bullet was painted black. The sealed cardboard boxes for these cartridges were marked with a distinctive black stripe. Later, after the appearance of 9-mm machine gun cartridges with armor-piercing bullet 7N12, the bullet tip of the SP6 cartridge began to turn blue.
5.45x39 cartridges are packed in paper wrappers of 30 pieces, which is equal to the number of cartridges in a machine gun magazine. Packs are placed in a steel box of 36 packs per total number 1080pcs. Two boxes are placed in a wooden box with a total of 2160 cartridges. with a knife for opening steel boxes. On the lid of the stamped box and the box there are basic designations of the ammunition contained in them: their caliber, bullet type, case material, brand of gunpowder, production date and factory code.
Explanation of the symbols on the stamped-rolled box:
5.45 - cartridge caliber.
PS - type of bullet (with a steel core).
GS - sleeve material (steel sleeve).
SF033fl - brand of gunpowder (spherical phlegmatized; 0.33 - diameter of the powder grain).
601/84B - series/year of gunpowder production.
O27 - ammunition production series.
84 - year (1984) of ammunition production.
270 - manufacturer's plant code.
1080 pcs. - the total number of cartridges in the box.
Until 1982, at some factories the indication of the type of ammunition differed from the accepted one symbol, which was expressed in the form of application after the caliber of the type of case (gs - steel case) and, only then, the type of bullet. Most likely, an error was made in the stencil used to apply paint to the steel box.
On the steel boxes that were packed with cartridges with special bullets (T, US, armor-piercing), the type of bullet used and the corresponding marking in the form of a distinctive stripe on the lid were indicated. Cartridges with tracer bullets were marked with a standard green stripe.
As a result long-term storage Such ammunition releases decay products of the tracer composition in the form of gases, which gradually accumulate in the free space of the box. For the free release of gases, a hole is made in the upper right corner, closed with a rubber seal (plug). When opening such steel boxes, the cork is first pulled out, releasing the gases, and then the box with cartridges itself is opened with a knife.
Stamp-rolled boxes for 5.45x39 cartridges produced since 1975. different cartridge factories.
1,2,3 - Plant No. 3 (Ulyanovsk Cartridge Plant), 1975 - 1977.
4 - Plant No. 60 (named after Frunze), 1979
5 - Plant No. 17 (Barnaul cartridge), 1980.
6 - Plant No. 3 (Ulyanovsk Cartridge Plant), 1984.
7 - Plant No. 60 (named after Frunze), 1989.
8 - Plant No. 270 (Lugansk cartridge plant), 1977.
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Zinc - rolled tin box, approx. length. 35 cm and width approx. 15 cm, painted with protective paint. The sizes of zinc for many cartridges are the same, only the number of cartridges in zinc changes. So, for example, 7.62 mm rifle-machine guns, 7.62 and 5.45 machine guns, 5.45 PSM and 9 PM are placed in “zincs” of the same size. But if there are 660 7.62 machine guns, then 5.45 machine guns are 1080 pieces, 2160 in a box. The weight of the wooden box itself is 3 kg.
7.62x39 automatic - in a box there are 2 zinc pieces of 660 each, a total of 1320, the weight of the box is about 25 kg.
Cartridge weight - 16.3 g; cartridge length - 56.0 mm; average bullet weight - 7.9 g; The average weight of a powder charge is 1.6 g or 1.56 g.
7.62x39 hunting - 440 pieces in zinc
7.62x39 also come not in zinc, but in plastic bags, 120 pcs. in the package
5.45x39 automatic - in zinc 36 packs of 30 pcs. in each
Zinc - about 12 kg. Wooden box (two zinc) - about 30 kg.
7.62x51A Soviet - 220 rounds in zinc, 440 in a box
7.62x54R
Cartridge weight - 22 g; bullet weight - 9.6 g; charge weight - about 3.2 g; cartridge length - 77.16 mm; bullet length - 28.6 mm; sleeve length - 54.8 mm.
The cartridges are packed in cardboard packs of 20 pieces, packs of 22 pieces are packed in galvanized metal boxes. Two metal boxes are placed in a wooden cartridge box. The box contains 880 rounds.
The estimated weight of the box is 25 kg.
5.45x18 - PSM 2016 pcs. in zinc
SP-5 - 580 pcs. in zinc
9x18 PM
Cartridge weight 9.2-10.4 g.
The length of the cartridge is 24.48-25.0 mm.
Bullet weight 5.75-6.15 g.
Number of cartridges in zinc - 1280 pcs.
The number of cartridges in a wooden box is 2560 pcs.
The estimated weight of the box is 28 kg.
9x19 7Н21 - 1088 pcs. in zinc
Cartridge weight 9.6-9.8 g.
The estimated weight of zinc is 11 kg.
9x19 Para - 50 rounds per pack, 16 packs in zinc, total 800.
800x12 grams = 10 kg, if you take into account the weight of zinc
308 Win - 20 rounds per pack, 25 packs in zinc, total 500.
500x24 grams = 12 kg. + zinc weight
223 Rem - 20 rounds per pack, 25 packs in zinc, 500 in total.
500x11 grams = 5.5 kg. + zinc weight
7.62x33 - (cartridges for the M1 Carbine; not to be confused with cartridges for the M1 Garand .30-06 Springfield (7.62x63 mm)) were packaged in cardboard packs of 50 pieces, and those in turn were packed in a wooden box of 69 pieces, total 3450 rounds in a box; box dimensions 41.5x32x12 cm, weight 51.3 kg, on the front side there is a diagonal red stripe.
11.43v23 - (.45 ACP) were packaged as follows:
100 packs of 20 rounds, 2000 in total, in an iron box, and that in a wooden box measuring 41.5x32x12, weighing 48 kg;
steel cased cartridges
12 packs of 50 rounds per cardboard box, 600 in total, two boxes in a wooden box, 1200 in total, box size 40.5x25x18;
another option - 10 packs of 20 or 4 of 50 in a wooden box, dimensions and weight are not indicated.
9x39
The weight of the SP5 cartridge is 32.2 g, the length of the cartridge is 56 mm, the length of the cartridge bullet is 36 mm.
The bullets of SP5 cartridges do not have a distinctive color. Only on the corking cardboard boxes of 10 rounds was the inscription “Sniper” applied.
Following on from the revision of cartridge packaging made in ARM5.1. In the first part of the publication we will look at the principles and rules for capping cartridges for small arms in the USSR, Russia and some states of the former Warsaw bloc, in the second - let's see how things stand with this in America.
In the Russian and previously in the Soviet armed forces, the packaging of cartridges is standardly carried out according to the system: box-zinc-pack. The main element of the closure is a hermetically sealed metal box (in common parlance - “cartridge zinc”). In ancient times, boxes made of galvanized steel (soldered) were actually used, but in the 1960s they were abandoned in favor of welded-sunset ones (index 57-Я-004 and 57-Я-004Ш, used until the mid-1970s), and then completely stamped, covered with paint. Modern cartridge zincs (index 57-Я-0461) are stamped from low-carbon steel, painted in a protective color. Dimensions: 357x156x103 mm, weight 0.9 kg. This type of box is the same for all calibers of small arms, but the number of cartridges held varies. Americans call such cartridge boxes "spam cans" ("tin cans").
Wooden boxes act as transport and storage (external) containers. Each box holds two zincs. Cartridge boxes are made from softwood lumber, except for the bottom and lid, which are made from fiberboard. The lid of the box is hinged and attached to its body using metal fittings. In addition, the box has two wooden handles for carrying. Until 1979, cartridge boxes were made entirely, including the bottom and lid, of wood with the lid attached to the body of the box with screws.
The dimensions of a standard cartridge box (index 57-Ya-005) are 488x350x163 mm, the weight of an empty box varies between 3.6-4.0 kg. The difference between the gross and net weight of the box (the total weight of the cartridges contained) is approximately 7 kg. In addition to the metal boxes with cartridges themselves, the box also contains special knife to open them. In boxes with a lid made of fiberboard, the knife is placed in a slot on the inside of the end wall of the box, and with a lid made of wood - in the corresponding slot on the inside of the lid. The sealed cartridge box is tightly covered (tired) with steel packing tape. The ends of the tape are connected mechanically with sealing or welding.
Internal containers are cardboard boxes or paper bags with cartridges (in the text of the article they will also be called “packs”, not to be confused with a “pack”, that is, a “clip for pack loading” for a Garand rifle), placed in a metal box. For ease of removal from zinc, a fabric tape is placed under one of the packs of each row, the ends of which are brought to the surface. Marking cartridge containers consists of inscriptions, signs and colored distinctive stripes; applied by stenciling, stamping, printing or a special marking machine.
In the game, cartridge boxes are implemented as "Items". Using the context menu command "Print box" (via RMB), we get two zincs, each of which is an "AmmoBox" and contains the corresponding number of cartridges, as well as an empty box suitable for storing and transporting items. The mechanism is not ideal, but it fully reflects the real state of affairs.
Now specifically about calibers. Military ammunition 7.62x54 mm R is packaged in packs with a capacity of 20 rounds. For a long time Unpainted cardboard was used as the material for the packs. Later, waxed paper rolls, stapled at the sides, were also used. Zinc holds 22 packs, for a total of 440 rounds.
High-precision cartridges 7.62 PS (7N1) have the distinctive inscription “Sniper” on the packaging, and cartridges 7.62 SNB (7N14) have the inscription “Sniper” and a black stripe. Until 1977, 7.62 LPS (57-N-223S) cartridges were marked with a white stripe on the cartridge container, also in White color the bullet nose was painted, but later this color marking was no longer used.
For ammunition for weapons of 7.62x39 mm caliber, designated in the Soviet army as the “7.62 mm cartridge of the 1943 model”, in the instructions for shooting business There are two standard closure options: for the Kalashnikov assault rifle - in cardboard boxes of 20 pieces, 33 boxes in zinc, a total of 660 rounds; and for the SKS carbine - in clips of 10 rounds, two loaded clips are placed in a flat oblong cardboard box, in zinc there are 23 boxes, a total of 460 rounds.
However, the actual zinc capacity of this caliber ammunition varies. The most common figures: 700 shell 7.62 PS gzh, 720 armor-piercing 7.62 BP and 640 commercial sporting and hunting cartridges. The explanation seems to be that the zinc capacity (660 rounds) given in the NSD for the Kalashnikov assault rifle is correct for the old galvanized box (57-Ya-002) and the corresponding cardboard pack from the 1950s, while the dimensions of modern containers are steel somewhat different. The distinctive marking of 7.62 BP armor-piercing cartridges (7N23) is a black stripe on the packaging, and 7.62 US cartridges with a subsonic bullet (57-N-231U) are a black and green stripe. The abbreviation "L.C.B." on export zinc with sporting and hunting cartridges it stands for “lead core bullet” (bullet with a lead core), since bullets with a steel core are prohibited for hunting in some jurisdictions, and in some even for use by civilians.
The packaging capacity of 5.45x39 mm cartridges was immediately made a multiple of the capacity of a standard machine gun magazine - 30 cartridges. Initially, cartridges were packaged in cardboard boxes, but in the mid-1970s they switched to simplified paper wrapping, secured with staples. A metal box contains 36 packs with a total of 1080 rounds. An unusual feature is the deviation from this caliber until 1982. standard scheme markings small arms ammunition: on all types of cartridge containers, the designation of the type of cartridge case was applied before the designation of the type of bullet, and not after. For example, for cartridges 5.45 PS (7N6) - “5.45 gs PS”; starting from 1982, the markings began to be written in the standard order “5.45 PS gs”.
Cartridges for the 9x18 mm Makarov pistol are packaged in cardboard boxes of 16 rounds each, which corresponds to the capacity of two pistol magazines. The zinc holds 80 of these boxes, for a total of 1260 rounds. The box of 9x19 mm PS (7N21) cartridges intended for the Yarygin pistol has a rather unusual oblong shape. It holds 34 cartridges, 32 such boxes fit into the zinc.
Summary data on the capacity of cartridge containers of various calibers are given in Table 1:
Markings on packaging with cartridges are applied: on a wooden box - on the lid and on one side wall; on a metal box - on the lid; on a moisture-proof bag on the longitudinal sides of the bag; on a cardboard box or paper bag - on one of the sides of the box or bag. Example of markings on a zinc cap (7.62 LPS cartridges):
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7.62 LPS gzh (7.62 - cartridge caliber, LPS - light bullet with a steel core, GZh - bimetallic sleeve), L54-77-188 (L54 - batch number, 77 - year of batch manufacture, 188 - plant number (Novosibirsk low-voltage equipment plant)), VT92/77S (VT - grade of gunpowder (rifle powder for a heavy bullet); 92 - batch of gunpowder, 77 - year of manufacture of gunpowder, S - manufacturer of gunpowder), 440 pcs. - number of cartridges in zinc.
The markings on the side of the box contain similar elements. The lid indicates the gross weight, the conventional number of the dangerous cargo in an equilateral triangle (for most types of cartridges these are the numbers “450”, for cartridges with an MDZ bullet - “263”, for blanks - “471”) and the classification code for the transport danger of the cargo “1.4 S” " (code "1.4" according to GOST 19433-88 means "Explosive materials that do not pose a significant danger"). A danger sign on a paper label typical for foreign cartridge containers orange color applies only to 12.7- and 14.5-mm cartridges with an MDZ bullet. Until 1990, the stencil on the box lid had a slightly different appearance - the gross weight and a transport sign indicating the category of cargo were indicated (the number “2” in a triangle).
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For grenade launcher shots to the under-barrel grenade launcher, packaging elements that are similar, but differ in design and size, are used. Three welded metal boxes containing 28 VOG-25 rounds each are placed in a wooden box. In boxes, shots are placed in cylindrical paper cartridges in a horizontal position with alternating directions. The density of the shots is ensured by cardboard spacers. There are a total of 84 shots in the box. The same box holds 35 VOG-25P grenade launcher rounds with the rounds arranged vertically, lined with cardboard; accordingly, a total of 105 shots are obtained in the box. One of the three boxes is tied with twine for easy removal from the box. Inside each box there are inserts to ensure the safety of the shots during transportation and opening the boxes with a knife. A box opener wrapped in paper is placed in a box. The box lid is attached to the body on two hinges and secured with two locks.
For machine gun cartridges of caliber 7.62x39 mm and 5.45x39 mm with varnished steel sleeves, along with metal boxes, there is alternative way packaging - in special moisture-proof bags, 120 pieces each. These bags are made of waterproof paper, coated on the outside with polyethylene terephthalate (lavsan) film, and with inside facing the cartridges, coated with a paraffin-polyisobutylene mixture. Inside the moisture-proof bag, cartridge packs are placed in one or two rows, lined with wrapping paper around the perimeter of the bag. The waterproof bag is sealed by welding the seams and bending the valves. In this case, the same wooden box is used as a transport and storage container, the internal surfaces of which are lined with waterproof paper coated on both sides or one side with a paraffin-polyisobutylene mixture.
And for the AK-74, in order to facilitate and speed up the process of loading a magazine, steel clips (so-called “combs”) for 15 rounds with an attached adapter - a loading accelerator (“spoon”) were introduced. The solution was “sniffed out” by the Americans, who have been using similar loading accelerators for the M14 and M16 for many years. Later, similar kits appeared for weapons of other calibers, including for the VSS silent rifle complex - 10 rounds of 9x39 mm caliber in a clip.
IN design bureau JSC "KBAL named after L.N. Koshkin" was developed technological process loading cartridges into plastic clips and packing them into bags made of multilayer polymer films. Package capacity - 90 rounds. According to design bureau specialists, such closure should ensure guaranteed storage of ammunition for 40 years. However, as one might assume, it currently retains its experimental status.
In the states of the Warsaw bloc, as well as in China, the Soviet system of cartridge capping was copied, and in many places it has been preserved today. The photo below shows cartridge boxes from Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and China. The greatest similarity is found in Bulgarian cartridge containers, marked in Cyrillic letters. Bulgarian products can be identified by the factory mark - the number “10” in a double circle. Link [ Uncrating Bulgarian 7.62x54R Ammo] you can watch a detailed video depicting the opening of a box (an old model, with a wooden lid) and zinc with 7.62 LPS cartridges produced by the Friedrich Engels Engineering Plant (now Arsenal AD). Commercial ammunition intended for export abroad (in the photo below we see a box and boxes of FMJ LCB 7.62x39 mm cartridges placed in it) are marked in a foreign language.
Yugoslavia stands apart with its remarkable method of sealing cartridges produced by the First Partizan plant. For this purpose, a wooden box is used, inside of which is a large box made of galvanized sheet metal, sealed on top (the Germans packed cartridges in a similar way during the Second World War). The method of opening is to lift the lid of the box, pull out the wire (the tin breaks), bend it to the side, and pull out the cardboard boxes with cartridges. The most common and well-known packages are M67 cartridges of 7.62x39 mm caliber. There are two types of boxes: 15 rounds each (for the Zastava M70 assault rifle, the Yugoslav analogue of the AK) and 40 rounds each in 10-round clips (for the M59/66A1 carbine, the Yugoslav analogue of the SKS). In the first version, 84 boxes are placed in the box, a total of 1260 cartridges, gross weight - 28 or 29 kg; in the second - 28 boxes, a total of 1120 rounds, gross weight - 27.5 kg. M30 cartridges of 7.62x54 mm R caliber are sealed similarly: 15 cartridges per pack, 1200 per box, gross weight - 32 kg. However, this method of capping, in which the outer container combines the properties of a box and zinc, is not Yugoslav know-how, since a similar packaging method was discovered in other countries, including, by the way, in Spain.
Note. The game features two variants of the Yugoslav M67 ammo box. The first is for 1120 rounds; at the command of the context menu, it breaks down into 28 cardboard boxes of 40 rounds each. An empty box can be used to store items. The second - for 1260 rounds, implemented as "AmmoBox", i.e. contains the cartridges itself. In ARM5.1 this is the only cartridge box designed this way.
Another major “player” in the military surplus market is the Czech Republic. True, several years ago this country lost its national cartridge production, since the Sellier & Bellot company was bought by the Brazilians and became part of the CBC holding. But during the time of Czechoslovakia’s participation in the Warsaw Pact, live ammunition was produced in such huge quantities that now the Czech Republic regularly supplies all former “potential opponents” with its “military surplus”. The Czech method of capping is similar to the Serbian one: also a wooden box with an inserted tin box (pictured). The 7.62-43 cartridges are loaded into clips designed for quick loading of the SA Vz.58 assault rifle. A cardboard pack holds 3 clips of 10 rounds. The boxes are packed in thick polyethylene, ten in each block. The capacity of the box is 1200 rounds, the gross weight is 28 kg, or at an earlier time 1120 rounds and 27 kg. Ammunition of caliber 7.62x54 mm R (in Czech - “7.62-59” in Czech) was also sealed in the same boxes: packs of 20 rounds, a box for 800 or 780 rounds, gross weight - 24 kg.
In some former countries people's democracies and ex-Soviet republics switched to packaging cartridges in the German (in rubberized battle packs) or American (in M2A1 steel boxes) manner. For example, the product of the Lithuanian company Giraitės Ginkluotės Gamykla (GGG) is a waterproof package for 200 rounds of 7.62x51 mm caliber. It holds 10 cardboard packs of 20 rounds; 5 such packages are placed in a wooden box, but the boxes used are of the old Soviet type. By the way, the same Serbs have now also started packing 200 pieces in “battle packs”. And the Lithuanians pack 5.56x45 mm cartridges in 1000 pieces in M2A1 metal boxes.
In the original version of "7.62" there was no division of cartridges into military and commercial. It appeared in the "Arma Realista" fashion. With the military, how they are actually packaged is clear. Now let's go through the commercial ones. Here, the requirements for containers are softer, both in terms of tightness and standardization. Often, packs of cartridges are simply placed in cardboard boxes, packed in plastic or even without it at all, and sealed with tape. The design of cartridge packs, made from cardboard using a printing method, is characterized by bright colors and various design delights, which makes them strikingly different from discreet military packaging. The standard capacity of commercial ammo boxes is 20 rounds for rifle calibers and 50 for pistol calibers. Data on the weight indicators of cardboard boxes with cartridges are given in Table 2 using the example of products from the Tula Cartridge Plant.
A plastic or cardboard stand is usually used to secure pistol cartridges inside the box. The sizes of the packs vary significantly depending on the method and density of the cartridges. However, in general, boxes from Russian manufacturers are characterized by more modest pack sizes than those of popular foreign brands. It should also be noted that the brands “Wolf” and “Bear”, widely known abroad, the attributes of which were used by the designers of “Apeiron” for models of cartridges of Russian calibers in the game, including armor-piercing and special subsonic ones, are not Russian at all, but belong to American importing companies Sporting Supplies International, Inc. and DKG Trading Inc.
The DKG company imports products from Barnaul and Ulyanovsk cartridge factories. Within the main brand "Bear" there is a division into trade marks "Brown Bear"for cartridges with varnished steel sleeves, "Silver Bear" - for cartridges with galvanized sleeves and "Golden Bear" - for cartridges with brass-plated steel sleeves. The latter were also found in Serbian production. Sporting Supplies previously imported mainly ammunition from the Tula Cartridge Plant. However, in Currently, TPZ products are sold abroad under its own brand "Tulammo", and under the brand "Wolf" in the USA and Canada since 2011 the products of the Lugansk and Barnaul cartridge factories have been used, and recently "Golden Wolf" cartridges made in Taiwan have appeared.
A significant volume of the commercial ammunition market abroad is accounted for by cartridges of the “surplus” category, i.e. military ammunition from warehouse surplus and/or with expiring shelf life. Naturally, this only applies to conventional cartridges with a jacketed bullet, because... armor-piercing, incendiary, etc. for civilians are generally prohibited. Surplus cartridges are sold in standard military packaging(often having a very shabby appearance) either loose in any suitable container or sealed in tight plastic bags. On domestic market The active development of surpluses accumulated in the “bins of the Motherland” is hampered by domestic weapons legislation. So, to get illustrative material on the topic, it is better to google in the “language of a potential enemy”: “Russian wooden ammo box” or “Russian ammo can” - the search engine will return many illustrations of Soviet ammunition containers produced in the 1960-1980s. But this will be ammunition with PS and LPS bullets. With photographic materials on special cartridge packaging, the situation is worse. And while photographs of boxes of incendiary and tracer ammunition are still more or less common, those of armor-piercing ammunition are extremely rare. As a result, find proofs by appearance I was unable to find packs of 7N22, 7N23 and 7N26 cartridges. By the way, this problem also applies to foreign ammunition, which we will talk about.
A few words about expiration dates. According to the regulations former USSR The shelf life of small arms ammunition in central warehouses - in zinc and sealed - is 20 years, after which they are distributed among departments for destruction (shot). Law enforcement agencies store them for 10 years, after which the cartridges must be replaced with new ones, and these are shot. Unpacked cartridges are stored for 4 years, after which they are subject to destruction (shot). I don’t presume to judge whether and how strictly these standards have always been observed and how things stand now, but I think that even with an optimistic approach, the period within which the cartridge, although no longer fully consistent in its parameters with the new product, is, with some reservations, suitable for use must not exceed 40 years. However, on weapons forums there are stories about shooting from a TT pistol with cartridges produced in 1938 and about the amazing accuracy, which cannot be compared with modern commercial products rifle cartridges 1963 release. Alexey Potapov in his book “The Art of the Sniper” calls the shelf life of rifle cartridges in galvanized form 70-80 years realistic, without losing their combat qualities. On the other hand, there are many cases of injuries to shooters and damage to weapons due to the use of expired ammunition... Regarding hunting cartridges rifled weapons GOST 23128-78 establishes a shelf life (within which the cartridges retain all the parameters established by GOST and the probability of failure-free operation is at least 99.7%) in sealed packaging - 10 years, in non-sealed packaging - 2 years.
Website materials used: aimsurplus.com, akfiles.com, ak-info.ru, ar15.com, armslist.com, bulkammo.com, calguns.net, cheaperthandirt.com, cruzworlds.ru, etsy.com, falfiles. com, floridaconcealedcarry.com, forum.guns.ru, gspo.ru, gunauction.com, gunlistings.org, gunmag.com.ua, gunrf.ru, guns.allzip.org, gunsamerica.com, gunsua.net, hk94. com, kupsilla.ru, lveplant.ru, m1-garand-rifle.com, nastavleniya.ru, nnm.me, ohrana.ru, patronen.su, photoshooter.ru, pistonheads.com, popgun.ru, rkka.ru, sgammo.com, sgcusa.com, shootersrealm.com, sinodefenceforum.com, soldat61.ru, sportsmansguide.com, texasguntalk.com, the-armory.com, topwar.ru, vif2ne.ru, warrelics.eu, wikipedia.org, wolverinesupplies.com, xreferat.com, zhurnal.lib.ru, tula-patron.rf, 7.62x54r.net.
This material was written for the purpose of information support for the "Arma Realista" mod computer game "7.62".
Lenin 25-06-2005 12:18
Please tell me what is the size of the zinc (height, width, length), I am interested in a box with 5.45x39 machine gun cartridges, its weight with cartridges, and the number of cartridges in it.
If it's not too much trouble, the same issues with 7.62x39 ammunition
Very necessary
Thank you in advance
extractor 25-06-2005 05:05
Vladimir Ilyich!
Are you leaving for Razliv again?
With uv.extr,
MonGoL 26-06-2005 12:57
from the Shooting Manual: “cartridges model 1943 are sealed in wooden boxes. 2 hermetically sealed metal boxes of 660 cartridges each are placed in the boxes; cartridges in the boxes are packed in cardboard packs of 20 cartridges each. A total of 1320 cartridges are placed in the box.
As for 5.45, then zinc seems to hold 1000 rounds
Taking into account that the mass of the cartridge, g. 12.48 16.2 10.2, it is not difficult to obtain the weight of zinc ~ 15 kg.
ULD 27-06-2005 15:20
5.45 rounds in zinc 1080 pcs.
1STALKER1 21-08-2005 02:04
In a box 5.45x39 2 zinc there are only 2160 cartridges. There are 1080 patras in zinc, only 36 stores
Slavko 25-08-2005 01:00
There are fewer 5.45 tracers in zinc.
1STALKER1 25-08-2005 14:32
ULD 26-08-2005 12:51
Not always.
Depends on the packaging - if the bags are moisture-proof - yes. If ordinary paper bundles- as many. There is a hole in the zinc with tracers, closed with a rubber stopper to vent gases that are released during long-term storage of the tracer composition.
1STALKER1 26-08-2005 20:13
Not always.
Depends on the packaging - if the bags are moisture-proof - yes. If ordinary paper packs - the same amount. There is a hole in the zinc with tracers, closed with a rubber stopper to vent gases that are released during long-term storage of the tracer composition.
What kind of waterproof bags are they??? Are these blocks of 120 pieces or something? are they waterproof? And what kind of gases are released during long-term storage of the tracer composition? Why didn’t I see a traffic jam there... which side is it on??
ULD 29-08-2005 16:21
Yes, 120 pieces, like milk cartons - they are waterproof.
It's in the upper left corner of the zinc cover.
Raven1 31-08-2005 08:02
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Didn't you see the traffic jam? We were looking in the wrong place
It's in the upper left corner of the zinc cover.
Not on all zincs, but after a certain year of manufacture. In case of swelling, piercing with an awl is allowed, followed by sealing with plasticine.