12.7x108mm Russian

Soviet and, in whole, Eastern counterpart to Western .50 BMG. Due to some historical reasons, there is not as much of commercially available match loads, but selection of anti-armor rounds is impressive.

## History:

The 12,7x108mm ammunition is a somewhat elderly round used in a variety of weapons, from AMR to HMG. It has been used in light antivehicle and anti air roles, as well as the conventional anti personnel.

## UAS Ammunition Index

### Russian Ammunition

* **B-30:** Original steel-core AP load, designed to use with DShK HMG.
	+ **B-32:** Successor to B-30, a ubiquitous steel-core API load, more or less default loadout of Soviet or Chinese HMGs. Penetrates about 27mm of RHA at 100m, making it comparable with M8 API.
	+ **B-32:** Improved B-32 variant.
* **T-38:** Tracer bullet with lead core.
* **BZT-44:** Steel core bullet with incendiary in tip, with small tracer container.
	+ **BZT-44M:** Improved version, sometimes called BZT.
* **BS-41:** Rarely issued WW2-era tungsten-core API round. Rated penetration is about 20mm of HHA at 750m.
	+ **BS:** Improved variant.
* **BZPh-46:** Steel-cored API load with White Phosphorus in rear steel container.
* **MD-46:** Nose-fused HE round for aerial gunnery, filled with 2,4g PETN.
* **MDZ-46:** Nose-fused HEI round for aerial gunnery, filled 1,5g PETN and 1,2g incendiary compound.
* **ZP:** Also kmown as MDZ. Projectile filled with HEI charge and fitted with internal air compression fuze. Used with anti-air guns.
* **1SL:** Duplex API ammo for YakB aircraft machine gun.
* **1SLT:** Duplex API ammo with one of bullets fitted with tracer. For YakB aircraft machine gun.
* **7N34:** Steel-core match grade ammo designed for anti-materiel rifles. Improved version called 7N34M.
* **BS81:** Discarding sabot tungsten penetrator, developed in 1980s. Penetrates no less than 40mm of RHA.
	+ **7N38:** Improved version of BS81.
* **7BZ7:** Nextgen API round with improved steel core and incendiary charge composed out of titanium, boron and PTFE.
* **7Z8:** Nextgen HEI round with reactive payload out of titanium, boron and PTFE.
* **PRS:** Reduced-ricochet frangible load developed for urban combat.
* **SPTs**: Special purpose high-performance sniper load.
* **VPS:** Heavy 1175-grain double core tungsten penetrator.
* **PPI Anthena:** Steel-cored AP ammo with surprisingly good penetration. Also available as Chinese copycat load.

### Chinese Ammunition

* CS/BFA2: Chinese Armor piercing-Explosive-Incendiary round.
	+ **CS/BFA9:** Tracer version.
* **DBJ10:** Chinese equivalent of .50 BMG Raufoss.
	+ **DBT10:** Tracer version
* **DVD06:** Chinese duplex load.
* **Type 54:** Chinese copycat of B-32.
	+ **Type 54-T:** Tracer version
* **Type 54-1:** Chinese tungsten APDS.
	+ **Type 84:** Improved Chinese tungsten APDS.
* **Type 89:** Full-bore tungsten-cored API, designed to replace Type 54. More or less comparable to BS.
* **Type 89-1:** Chinese discarding sabot tungsten core paired with explosive payload.
* **Type 108-1:** Chinese depleted uranium APDS, supposedly capable of penetrating 70mm of RHA.

### European/Misc Ammunition

* **Armour APDS:** Greek-produced tungsten-cored APDS.
* **Armour Sniper**: Greek-produced steel-cored match load for sniper use.
* Czech APFSDS: Experimental tunsten flechette, designed in Cold War-era Czechoslovakia.
* Olin APDS: Discarding sabot tungsten projectile, developed by Olin.
* MAI AP: 700-grain tungsten-core round, rated to penetrate 25mm armor at 500m.
* Tulammo: Hunting ball round.
* LVE: Heavy ball round.
* MAI FMJ: 700-grains copper-jacketed steel bullet.
* RusEngin: Supercavitating load for underwater use.

#### UAS: Red Mercury

* **Dimitrov:** Super-science fail-safe californium bullet which explodes with the force of 25 tons TNT if it makes contact with a living individual.