GGG 5.56×45 mm NATO BALL CARTRIDGES

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Technical specification

Caliber

mm

5.56

Waterproofing lacquer

-

Case mouth and case-primer joint are waterproof sealing

Total length

g

11,85±0,45

Total weight

mm

57,40 - 0,70

Bullet

type

Ball

Bullet weight

gr/g

62 / 4,00 ± 0,1

Bullet lenght

-

23,10 ± 0,20

Bullet extraction

N

≥200 N

Bullet material

-

Jacket – CuZn10; Perforating core – steel 35B2, rear core – lead antimony (2,2%) 

Case material

-

CuZn30

Case length

mm

44,70 - 0,25

Propellant

type

Double base, smokeless

Primer

type

BOXER

Percussion, non corrosive, non mercuric

Ballistic Properties

Compatibility: STANAG 4172, AC/225 (LG/3-SG/1) D/8, PFP (NAAG-LG/3-SG/1) D(2004)1.

ELECTRONIC PRESSURE, VELOCITY AND ACTION TIME (EPVAT), KIAG 6215 PRESSURE TRANSDUCER

Ammunition temperature

21 °C

+ 52 °C

- 54 °C

Velocity at 24 m, m/s

V = 911 ± 15

- 80 <=V+52°C - V21°C <=+ 50

- 80 <=V-54°C - V21°C <=+ 50

Case mouth pressure, bar

P + 3 SD <= 4450


-1100<=P+52°C - P21°C<=+550
P+52°C <= 4550

-1100<=P-54°C - P21°C<=+550
P-54°C <= 4550

Port pressure, bar

P - 3 SD >= 1030

-150<=P+52°C - P21°C<=+150
P+52°C - 3 SD>= 1030

-150<=P-54°C - P21°C<=+150
P-54°C >= 1030

Action time, ms

-

-

T + 5 SD <= 3

Muzzle energy, J

E >= 1564

-

Bullet energy at 24 m, J

E >= 1480

-

-

V = corrected mean velocity P = corrected mean pressure

PRECISION at distance 550 m

Horizontal standard deviation

Vertical standard deviation

<=200 mm

<=200 mm

FUNCTION AND CASUALTY

Permissible percentage of defects was not exceeded.

TRAJECTORY MATCH

at a distance of 300 m
at a distance of 500 m

Vertical match

Horizontal match

<= 125 mm
<= 275 mm

<= 175 mm
<= 385 mm

TERMINAL EFFECTS at distance 570 m

Perforations
Mild steel plate
Aluminium witness screen (0,5 m behind steel plate)

>=90 %
3,5 mm (SAE 1010 / 1020, hardness RB 55–70)
0,5 mm 2024T3

PRIMER SENSITIVITY

Critical height method (run-down)

Test ball

H + 5 SD

H - 2 SD

Ø 30 mm (111,7 ± 0,57) g

<= 450 mm

>=75 mm

WATERPROOF TEST 

 

Vacuum pressure not less 50 KPa
Time not less 30 s 

No more than 15% leaky rounds 

You can find all the information on the marking of the cartridge and its packaging, as well as the packaging of cartridges, in this document:

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