Description
12.7 x 108 mm ball ammo cartridges Ball / B32API / BZT44 API / AP / Tracer / M33 SNIPER
The 12.7×108 mm cartridge is a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun and anti-materiel rifle cartridge. It is used in the same roles as the NATO .50 BMG (12.7×99 mm NATO) cartridge. The 12.7×108 has a slightly different bullet shape and weight, with a longer casing.
It is used to engage targets up to 2000 m away. Targets include enemy personnel, vehicles (light armor to no armor), troop transports, fortified positions, and aircraft. Variants include standard ball, armor piercing incendiary, armor piercing incendiary with tracer, armor piercing, tracer, and sniper.
| Packing | ||||
| Caliber, mm | Version 1 | Version 2 | Version 3 | Version 4 |
| 12.7 x 108 mm (Ball / B32 API / BZT44 API / AP / Tracer) |
– 104 rds. in sheet metal box
– 2 sheet metal boxes (208 rds.) in wooden crate |
– 50 rds. in one DShK belt
– 1 DShK belt in one metal box (50 rds.)
– 2 metal boxes in wooden crate (100 rds.) |
– 10 rds. in cardboard box
– 5 cardboard boxes (50 rds.) in PVC bag – 2 PVC bags (100 rounds) in carton case |
– 60 rds. in one DShK belt
– 1 DShK belt in one DShK function metal box (60 rds.) – 3 DShK function metal boxes in wooden crate (180 rds.) |
| 12.7 x 108 mm (M33 SNIPER) |
– 104 rds. in sheet metal box
– 2 sheet metal boxes (208 rds.) in wooden crate |
– 10 rds. in cardboard box
– 5 cardboard boxes 150 rds.) in PVC bag – 2 PVC bags (100 rds.) in carton case |
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12.7 x 108 mm ball ammo cartridges – Ball / B32API / BZT44 API / AP / Tracer / M33 SNIPER
| Caliber, mm | 12.7 x 108 mm | 12.7 x 108 mm | 12.7 x 108 mm | 12.7 x 108 mm | 12.7 x 108 mm | 12.7 x 108 mm |
| Designation | Ball | B32 API | BZT44 API | AP | Tracer | M33 SNIPER |
| (FMJ) | (Armor Piercing Incendiary) | (Armor Piercing Incendiary Tracer) | Armor Piercing | |||
| Bullet type | FMJ/SC Tombac jacket + steel core | FMJ/SC Tombac jacket + steel core Armor Piercing Incendiary |
FMJ/SC Tombac jacket + steel core Armor Piercing Incendiary Tracer |
FMJ/SC Tombac jacket + steel core Armor Piercing |
FMJ/SC Tombac jacket + steel core Tracer |
FMJ/SC Tombac jacket + steel core |
| Bullet (projectile) weight, g/grains | 48 g / 740 grain |
44 g / 679 grain |
48 g / 740 grain |
48 g / 740 grain |
44 g / 679 grain |
48 g / 755 grain |
| Length, mm/in | 64.6 mm / 2.5 in | 64 mm / 2.5 in | 64.5 mm / 2.53 in | 64.6 mm / 2.5 in | 64.5 mm / 2.53 in | 64 mm / 2.5 in |
| Primer type | “Berdan” | “Berdan” | “Berdan” | “Berdan” | “Berdan” | “Berdan” |
| Average bullet velocity, (m/s) / (fps) | 810-825 m/s / 2657- 2707 fps |
810-825 m/s / 2657- 2707 fps |
810-825 m/s / 2657- 2707 fps |
810-825 m/s / 2657- 2707 fps |
810-825 m/s / 2657- 2707 fps |
810-825 m/s / 2657- 2707 fps |
| Average chamber pressure, MPa/PSI |
max 304 MPa / 44,091 PSI |
max 304 MPa / 44,091 PSI |
max 304 MPa / 44,091 PSI |
max 304 MPa / 44,091 PSI |
max 304 MPa / 44,091 PSI |
max 304 MPa / 44,091 PSI |
| Tracer visibility, m | – | not less than
1000 m |
not less than 1200 m |
– | – | – |
| Tracer mix | – | tracer composition | tracer composition | – | ||
| Filler, point | borax | thermite composition | thermite composition | borax | borax | borax |
| Penetration at 100m, mm/in | – | 22 mm / 0.86 in thick armor plate (321-375 HB) | 15 mm / 0.59 in thick armor plate (321-375 HB) | 22 mm / 0.86 in thick armor plate (321-375 HB) | ||
| Incendiary ignite cloth soaked in petrol behind armor plate, 70 m | – | 15 mm / 0.59 in thick armor plate (321-375 HB) | 15 mm / 0.59 in thick armor plate (321-375 HB) | – | – |
| Weapons – Heavy Machine Gun | ||||
| 6P62, Afanasev A-12.7 / DShK / NSV / Kord / Type 77 / QJC-88 / QJZ-89 / QJZ-171 / Zastava M02 Coyote / Yak-B 12.7mm Gatling gun / Zastava M87 | ||||
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