5.45×39mm
Sign in to saveAlso known as 5.45×39 7N6, 5.45×39 7N10, 5.45×39 7N22, 5.45×39 7U1
The 5.45×39 mm cartridge is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge. It was introduced into service in 1974 by the Soviet Union for use with the new AK-74. The 5.45×39 mm gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62×39mm cartridge in Soviet and Warsaw Pact service as the primary military service rifle cartridge.
Key facts
- Firearm cartridge.name
- 5.45×39 mm
- Firearm cartridge.image
- Comparison of cold war ammunition (5.45×39mm).jpg
- Firearm cartridge.image_size
- 80px
- Firearm cartridge.caption
- 5.45×39 mm cartridge
- Firearm cartridge.origin
- Soviet Union
- Firearm cartridge.type
- Rifle
- Firearm cartridge.design_date
- early 1970s
- Firearm cartridge.service
- 1974–present
- Firearm cartridge.used_by
- Soviet Union/Russian Federation, former Soviet republics, former Warsaw Pact
- Firearm cartridge.wars
- Afghan War, Georgian Civil War, First Chechen War, Second Chechen War, Yugoslav Wars, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), Syrian Civil War, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Firearm cartridge.variants
- 5.45×39mm PSP
- Firearm cartridge.is_SI_specs
- yes
- Firearm cartridge.case_type
- Rimless, bottleneck
- Firearm cartridge.bullet
- 5.60
- Firearm cartridge.land
- 5.40
- Firearm cartridge.neck
- 6.29
- Firearm cartridge.shoulder
- 9.25
- Firearm cartridge.base
- 10.00
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- intermediate cartridge
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Mass
- 10.6
- Conflict
- Soviet-Afghan War
- Image
- Comparison of cold war ammunition (5.45×39mm).jpg
- Length
- 5.67
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- Commons category
- 5.45 x 39 mm cartridges
- service entry
- 1974-01-01
- Commons gallery
- 5,45 x 39mm
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Use in the Soviet-Afghan War
- Use in Russo-Ukrainian War
- Cartridge dimensions
- Wounding effects
- Terminal ballistics against body armor
- 5.45×39mm cartridge variants
- Enhanced penetration cartridges
- Tracer cartridges
- Training and instruction cartridges
- Special purpose cartridges
- Basic specifications
- Civil use
- Commercial 5.45×39 mm ammunition
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The 5.45×39 mm cartridge is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge. It was introduced into service in 1974 by the Soviet Union for use with the new AK-74. The 5.45×39 mm gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62×39mm cartridge in Soviet and Warsaw Pact service as the primary military service rifle cartridge.
==History== thumb|left|Service rifle cartridge cases: (Left to right) 7.62×54mmR, [[7.62×51mm NATO, 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 5.45×39 mm.]] thumb|left|Service rifle cartridges loaded with projectiles: (Left to right) 7.62×54mmR, 7.62×51mm NATO, 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 5.45×39mm.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “5.45×39mm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.