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WARSAW PACT SMALL-CALIBRE AMMUNITION BOX MARKS

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1) MARKS - BULGARIAN 7.62 X 54 (R) AMMUNITION TIN








- Propellant type
5
86
CE 30
- Propellant lot
- Year of manufacture
Propellant information
PG-7VM
45-3456-23

Russian PG-7S

!"7#
254-5-81
1 - Manufacturer
- Lot number L 05
- Year of manufacture 86
PG-7VM
45-3456-23

Russian PG-7S

!"7#
254-5-81
1 - Manufacturer
Cartridge information
440 EP. - Units (440 carts.)
7, 62
PRC
F X
- Calibre
- Bullet type (nerko nyne cfanu mild steel bullet)
- Case type (runusa enesuan steel case)


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2) MARKS RUSSIAN 7.62 X 54 (R) AMMUNITION BOX (TOP)
1.4S N
o
00H 0012
UN hazard code, nature and category of ammunition as follows:
1.4S - Indicates: Articles and substances that present no significant hazard.
N
o
00H 0012 - Indicates: Cartridges for weapons, inert projectile or cartridges, small arms
450 Russian explosives symbol indicating cargo category and hazard group
4C2/Y/40/S/97
RU GOS T 2631984
UN certified packaging mark, UN package code as follows:
- Natural wood (box construction) 4C2
Y - Packing-level code for solid contents
40 - Maximum allowable package gross mass in kilogrammes
S - Identifies the package as designed for solids
- Year of manufacture 97
RU GOS - Competent authority that certified the packaging (country code, agency code)
T 2631984 - Registration code assigned to the manufacturer


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3) MARKS RUSSIAN 7.62 X 54 (R) AMMUNITION BOX (SIDE)
K04 97
- Cartridge lot year of manufacture
7, 62
RC
F X
- Calibre
- Bullet type (nyne cfanu steel bullet)
- Case type (runusa enesuan steel case)
CHAHREPCKHE
- Sniper (grade of cartridge)
880
LT
.
- Units (880 carts.)
- Propellant type
47
91
- Propellant lot
- Year of manufacture
BT
- Manufacturer
C


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4) General lot-marking rules (small-calibre ammunition only):


Russian, former Soviet-allied and Chinese small-calibre ammunition box lot-
marking follows the pattern lotyearfactory, for example:




Lot (E02) Year (71) Factory (188)

If only two entries appear on a box or tin of Russian, former Soviet-allied and
Chinese small-calibre ammunition, entries refer to lotyear, for example:




Lot (K 01) Year (97)

Yugoslavia / Serbia follows a different sequence, which is organised factory
lotyear, for example:



Factory (RRy) Lot (8902) Year (05)

In all cases, cartridge headstamp marking follows the year and factory
designations contained in the lot number (at 6 and 12 Oclock, respectively),
for example:


2 00 61



!!y 890205



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4) Lot-marking of small-calibre ammunition packaging (and associated
cartridge headstamps):


Bulgaria (lot year factory)

7.62 x 54(R) mm 880-round wooden box:

C 08 81


5.45 x 39 mm 1080-round metal tin:

B 15 88


5.45 x 39 mm 1080-round metal tin:

R 12 92


Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic (lot year factory)


7.62 x 54(R) mm 800-round wooden box:

24 / 88 bxn

7.62 x 54(R) mm 800-round wooden box:

10 / 84 bxn


China (lot year factory)

7.62 x 39 mm 750-round metal tin:

2 02 61

7.62 x 39 mm 720-round metal tin:

29 73 912


Romania (lot year factory)

7.92 x 57 mm 760-round wooden box:

S221 72 22

7.92 x 57 mm 760-round wooden box:

S231 72 22


PG-7VM
45-3456-23

Russian PG-7S

!"7#
254-5-81
1
PG-7VM
45-3456-23

Russian PG-7S

!"7#
254-5-81
1
10
81
PG-7VM
45-3456-23

Russian PG-7S

!"7#
254-5-81
1
10
88
bxn
88
10
92
bxn
84
61
02
912
73
22
72
22
72


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Russia (lot year factory)

12.7 x 108 mm 160-round wooden box:

E71 71 188

7.62 x 54(R) mm 880-round wooden box:

R11 77 188

7.62 x 39 mm 1320-round wooden box:

-05 66 17


Ukraine (lot year factory)

5.45 x 39 mm 1080-round metal tin:

R17 76 270

5.45 x 39 mm 1080-round metal tin:

R25 76 270


Yugoslavia/Serbia (factory lot year)

7.92 x 57 mm 900-round wooden box:

RRy 8902 05







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