Pop quiz

**curious george** · 30-03-2013, 16:56

*Who wants to venture connecting these doppies to models of f/arms?

**Ds J** · 30-03-2013, 17:52

Dalk is daar afslag omdat ek eerste probeer!

K: Luger Pistole, 1901, Deutsches Reich
J: Mauser Pistole "Broomhandle", Deutsches Reich
H: .30 Carbine, M30, USA
F&E: 7.62x39 RPD Machine gun, USSR, WWII
D: eish!!!
C: 7.62x51 NATO, FN, Belgium
B: .303 British (???) Lee Enfield, 18_ _ ???, British Empire
A: "8mm" Mauser, K98, Deutsches Reich

**curious george** · 30-03-2013, 19:19

Me thinks "D" should read 7.62 x 54?

**Clint357** · 30-03-2013, 20:46

Worth mentioning A:dates 1905.
B: was a russian design if memory serves,seen similar years ago. Still thinking about D, for the rest I'm with Ds J.

**Hopefull** · 30-03-2013, 21:03

Did one of the Warsaw pact not shoot a 7.62x45 initially?

**gertjie87** · 31-03-2013, 08:08

D: VZ 52 or ZB-530
used for a couple of years by the czech before changing to the 7.62x39 warsaw pact round. late 1940's

Aso B: druganov by the russians (.303 br is a 7.7x56)

**Ds J** · 31-03-2013, 11:48

Yup, I was wrong!

B:7.62 x 54 Rimmed, aka "7.62 Russian" - longest service life of all military issued cartridges in the world. Originated 1891 for the Mosin-Nagant, still used in Druganovs. Balistics equals the 7.62x51 Nato.