.50 British
Sign in to saveAlso known as 12.7x81mm, .50 Vickers, 12.7mm×81mm SR, 12.7 × 81 mm SR, .5 Vickers, Vickers M1924, 12.7 × 81 mm Breda, ELEY .600/500 A
The 12.7×81mmSR cartridge was created by Vickers as an export variant of the cartridge developed for the Vickers .50 machine gun. The major changes were to modify the case from rimless to Semi-Rimmed and reduce the bullet weight from to .
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- rifle cartridge
- Country of origin
- British Empire
- Based on
- .600 Nitro Express
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- 12.7 × 81 mm AP.jpg
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- Commons category
- 12.7 x 81 mm cartridges
- inception
- 1921-00-00
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The 12.7×81mmSR cartridge was created by Vickers as an export variant of the cartridge developed for the Vickers .50 machine gun. The major changes were to modify the case from rimless to Semi-Rimmed and reduce the bullet weight from to .
== History ==
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