List of 7.62×54mmR firearms

The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×54mmR cartridge. The cartridge was originally developed for the Mosin–Nagant rifle and introduced in 1891 by the Russian Empire. It was the service cartridge of the late Tsarist era and throughout the Soviet period to the present-day Russia and other countries as well. The 7.62×54mmR remains one of the few standard-issue rimmed cartridges still in military use, and has one of the longest service lives of any military-issued cartridge.^[1] This table is sortable for every column.

Name	Type	Country	Image	Years of service	Notes
JS 7.62	Bolt-action sniper rifle	China		2005–present
Type 67 machine gun	General-purpose machine gun	China		1967–present
Type 80 machine gun	General-purpose machine gun	China		1983–present	Chinese variant of PKM machine gun.
Alejandro sniper rifle	Bolt-action sniper rifle	Cuba		2002–present
UK vz. 59	General-purpose machine gun	Czechoslovakia		1959–present
Madsen machine gun	Light machine gun	Denmark		1902–1940s	Export variants.
KGK machine gun	General-purpose machine gun	Hungary		1960s–1990s	Derived from the SGM machine gun.[2]
Type 73 light machine gun	Light machine gun	North Korea		1973–present	Derived from the PKM machine gun.[3]
PSL	Designated marksman rifle	Romania		1974–present
Mosin–Nagant	Bolt-action rifle	Russian Empire		1891–present
Berdan II	Bolt-action rifle	Russian Empire		1895–1920s	Rechambered from the original 10.67×58mmR.[4]
PM M1910	Heavy machine gun	Russian Empire		1910–present	Derived from the Maxim gun.
AVS-36	Battle rifle	Soviet Union		1936–1953
SVT-38	Semi-automatic rifle	Soviet Union		1938–present
SVT-40	Semi-automatic rifle	Soviet Union		1940–present
SVD	Designated marksman rifle	Soviet Union		1963–present
Baryshev AVB-7.62	Battle rifle	Soviet Union		1985
PV-1	Light machine gun	Soviet Union		1928–1945	Derived from the PM M1910.[5]
DP-27	Light machine gun	Soviet Union		1928–present
ShKAS	Light machine gun	Soviet Union		1934–1945
DS-39	Medium machine gun	Soviet Union		1939–1950s
Savin–Norov machine gun	Light machine gun	Soviet Union		1939–1940
SG-43 Goryunov	Medium machine gun	Soviet Union		1943–present
RP-46	Light machine gun	Soviet Union		1946–present	Variant of DP-27.
Garanin general-purpose machine guns	General-purpose machine gun	Soviet Union		1957
PK machine gun	General-purpose machine gun	Soviet Union		1961–present
PKM machine gun	General-purpose machine gun	Soviet Union		1969–present	Variant of the PK machine gun.
GShG-7.62	Rotary-barrel machine gun	Soviet Union		1970–present
SVU	Designated marksman rifle	Russia		1994–present	Derived from the SVD.
Berkut rifle	Semi-automatic rifle	Russia		1998–present
SV-98	Bolt-action sniper rifle	Russia		2003–present
SVCh	Designated marksman rifle	Russia		2022–present
PKP Pecheneg	General-purpose machine gun	Russia		2001–present	Variant of the PKM machine gun.
AEK-999	General-purpose machine gun	Russia		2008–present	Derived from the PKM machine gun.
Winchester Model 1895	Lever-action rifle	United States		1915–1945	Export variant for Russian Empire.[6]
Zastava M91	Designated marksman rifle	Serbia and Montenegro		1992–present
Zastava M84	General-purpose machine gun	Yugoslavia		1985–present	Yugoslav variant of PKM machine gun.

See also

• List of 7.62×39mm firearms
• List of 7.62×51mm NATO firearms
• List of 7.92×57mm Mauser firearms
• .30-06 Springfield
• .303 British
• 7.5×54mm

References

1. Barnes, Frank (2006). Skinner, Stan (ed.). Cartridges of the World. 11th Edition. Cartridges of the World. Gun Digest Books. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-89689-297-2.
2. "KGK Machine Gun". hungariae.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
3. Richter, Ali (16 March 2016). "North Korean Type 73 GPMGs in Iraq, Syria & Yemen". armamentresearch.com.
4. "Berdan Three Line Rifle and Carbine". hungariae.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
5. Широкорад А.Б. (2001) История авиационного вооружения Харвест (Shirokorad A.B. (2001) Istorya aviatsionnogo vooruzhenia Harvest. ISBN 985-433-695-6) (History of aircraft armament), pages 68-69
6. James, Garry "Winchester Model 1895 Russian Musket" American Rifleman April 2013 p.112