[RAWGUY]

For the less-well informed in these matters, the AK's 7.62mm round approximates that oh-so-POWERFUL round, the .38 SPECIAL, in ballistic potential. It just does it at a longer range.

Actually the 7.62mm is a .30 cal round and the NATO spec is the same as a .308 winchester and if you have armour piercing, or steel tipped rounds they will penetrate and engine block with no problems at all. The m14 was cambered for this round as well as the m60 machine gun. The max effective range for m14 is 450 meters...with scope 1100 meters. Trajectory is different but still very similar to the 30.06 used in the M1 Garad. Please do not fire it at my car.

Thanks and GOD Bless,

RAWGUY

[MileHi]

Um, the poster was refering to the 7.62x39. Certainly more potent than a .38 but it is not a .308 either. Think 30-30 Win with a pointy bullet.

[harpseal]

The AK-47 round is 7.63 X 39 mm. the Nato round is 7.62 X 51 mm. There is also a Russian round for the Mosin Nagant rifles and there are several other 7.62 rounds that do have metric measurements even though called such as the .303 British.