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SECTION

VIII.

SERVICE AND TRAINING AMMUNITION

The AK--47

au.tomatic rifle fires

the 7..62x39nrn

rDund~ M1943. The

round$ have varying construction depending upon thei'r purpose. Th~

weight Df the bull ets and their

muzz1e

velocity are select,~d 50 that

fi r;nQ with the different bullets can be co"duct~d

w; th the same

s iQht

settings. .Ammunition is divided intQ servic.e and auxiliary type-s.

1. Service armlunition and its use

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Service armluni'tion is, divided int,o ball cartridges a.nd: spec: ia 1

purpose cartridges~

Ba11 armun;

t i on i s used t.o en gage;

enemy pe rscnn e 1 .

Special amnunition, d~pending upon its constructiont ;s designed

for target indication and correction of fire~ i g'niting f'uel and high1y

inflarrmab1-e objects I and for destroY1ing 1ightly armored ta,rgets~

Tracer cartridge-s are designed for target i ndi cati on

~ fi re adjust-

ment t s

i' gna 1 purposes and engag ;ng personne 1. Tra.cer bu 11et scan; g..

nite straw roofs ~ dry gra,ss![ etc. T'he path of the bu1l et is i:ndi cate:d

DY a red f1

aIDe:. The fl ame can De seen for a di stance of 100 meters 4

AP-incendiary cartridge5 are used to destroy fuel {kero$ene, gaso-

1; ne} and fOT' des t royi ng targets pr'otected by thi n armor' p' ati n9 at

ra.nges up to 300 meters.

Incendiary ca.rtridge5 ar~ u5ed to destroy fuel in iroln tanks up to

3 mi 11imeter5 thi ex... Incendi ary cartrl dge s also canta; n a tracer e 1e-

ment.. The pat,h of the bullet is indicated by a red flame which can be

seen day or night~, I t can be seen for a di sta nee up to 700 meters.

2. Training

!wrm.Inition:t purpose_~n:ld

Aconstruction

Training: antnunition ine1udes drilled and blank

7._6ZI1Trt

rounds,M1943..

Dr; 11-ed

rounds -are designed f'or tra;:ning in loading and fi ring..

On the body or the cartridge case there arE! longitudinal grooves, and

on the cartridge caSE!

mouth

there are marks from the c1amping device.

The primer is p;erced~ There is no pr:opel 1ant in the ca,rtridge case.

Bl:ank

ca,rtridges are designed for simulating fi re and are used in

tacti ca 1 e,xerc i ses .. There i"S TlObull et in the bl an k ca,rtri dge5 . The

mouth ;s sea,led by a star (rosette) crimp. It is dangercus to stand

closer than 10 meters away from the rllJzzle f'ace when b1ank cartridges

are being fired.,