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...marksman]] role in a U.S. infantry squad. The term ''sniper'' is used in [[Soviet]] and [[Russia]]n doctrine. The analogous role in the [[Israel]]i army is ...inly employed for targets at ranges of about 1,400 metres (1,530 yd) using rifles with larger ammunition while DMs are utilized for targets at ranges of up t

|caliber=7.62mm ...Russian [[SKS]] [[carbine]] and French [[MAS-49]] series of semi-automatic rifles. The gas system is fitted with a gas regulator behind the front sight base,

The [[Ross Rifle Company|Ross Rifle Co.]] made sporting rifles from early in its production, most notably chambered in [[.280 Ross]], intr ...nd eventually landed his first contract in 1903 for 12,000 ''Mark I Ross'' rifles.

...land|Finnish]] [[RK 62]], which itself was derived from the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[AK-47]] [[assault rifle]]. It was selected as the winner of a competiti The Galil series of rifles are selective-fire automatic weapons operated by a [[Gas-operated reloading

...e= 550 yd (503 m)<ref>http://enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ti4.htm Enfield Rifles.Net</ref> ..., Northern Ireland, Mau Mau Uprising, Sino-Indian War, Indo-Pakistan Wars, Soviet war in Afghanistan and numerous other conflicts.

|caliber=7.62mm ..._cost=$6,000 <ref>[http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m60e3.htm M60E3 7.62mm Machine Gun]</ref>

... intended for use in [[side arm]]s (chiefly [[semi-automatic pistol]]s) or rifles; the difference between machine guns and autocannons is based on [[caliber] ...other two categories (submachine guns and autocannons), machine guns (like rifles) tend to share a very high ratio of barrel length to caliber (a long barrel

Soviet Union |number= approx 37,000,000 (Russia/Soviet Union)

...the Warsaw Pact's nations to produce their own assault rifles chambered in 7.62mm, be they AK-47 pattern or not, the Romanian State Arsenal developed an AKM ... life of these parts by resisting corrosion and wear. Most '''md. 63/65''' rifles lack a muzzle break, but instead use a muzzle nut, as muzzle breaks entered

... same [[7.62x39mm]] cartridge as the AK. Between 1965 and 1994 350,000 M62 rifles were produced jointly by Valmet and Sako. [[Category:Finnish 7.62mm assault rifles]]

|origin= [[Soviet Union]] |caliber=7.62mm

|used_by=Soviet forces ...вка Токарева, образец 1940 года) is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] [[battle rifle]], which saw wides

|caliber=[[7.62mm]] ...trukta facility in Brno. The rifle was designed to use the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] intermediate [[7.62x39mm|7.62x39mm M43]] cartridge, rather than the Czech

...book for Rifle, 7.62mm, L1A1 and 0.22 incle calibre, L12A1 Conversion Kit, 7.62mm Rifle</ref> |variants= L1A1/C1/C1A1 <small>(Rifles)</small><br />L2A1/C2/C2A1 <small>([[Squad automatic weapon|SAWs]])</small>

...Vietnam War, Laotian Civil War, Cambodian Civil War, Sri Lankan Civil War, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Iran–Iraq War, Croatian War of Independence, Serbian- ...and AKM by the fully-enclosed hooded front [[sight]] (all other AK pattern rifles, including those made in [[Russia]], have a partially open front sight). Ma

|variants= M76W (Wooden Buttstock), M76F (Folding Stock, 7.62 Soviet and 5.56 NATO) ...upgrading the design at every point. Tolerances are much tighter than the Soviet bloc AKs while still being generous enough to assure outstanding reliabilit

...a]]. The M72/M72A is designed on the basis of famous [[AK-47|Kalashnikov]] rifles from [[Russia]], which was proven in numerous wars fought worldwide in the It is essentially a Yugoslavian variant of the Soviet [[RPK]] LMG.

The M77 B1 is designed on the basis of famous [[AK-47|Kalashnikov]] rifles from [[Russia]], which was proven in numerous wars fought worldwide in the ...or the NATO version of the 7.62mm [[cartridge]] instead of its [[7.62x39mm|Soviet counterpart]], this weapon is mechanically virtually identical to the M72.

* Soviet [[7.62x39mm]], also known as the 7.62 mm Soviet, M43, or occasionally [[.30 Short Combloc]], designed for the [[RPD]] and t ... cartridges to this day are in wide use in numerous world armies as sniper rifles (particularly the [[SVD rifle|SVD]] family) and machine guns (numerous type

[[File:SSA 7.62mm 143gr AP.png|thumb|300px|SSA 7.62mm 143gr AP rifle cartridge.]] ...s). The actual bullet caliber is normally 7.82&nbsp;mm (.308 in), although Soviet weapons commonly use a 7.91&nbsp;mm (.311 in) bullet, as do older British (