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. This table is sortable for every column. +NameTypeCountryImageYears of serviceNotesJS 7.62Bolt-action sniper rifle2005–presentType 67 machine gunGeneral-purpose machine gun1967–presentType 80 machine gunGeneral-purpose machine gun1983–presentChinese variant of PKM machine gun.Alejandro sniper rifleBolt-action sniper rifle2002–presentUK vz. 59General-purpose machine gun1959–presentMadsen machine gunLight machine gun1902–1940sExport variants.KGK machine gunGeneral-purpose machine gun1960s–1990sDerived from the SGM machine gun.Type 73 light machine gunLight machine gun 1973–presentDerived from the PKM machine gun.PSLDesignated marksman rifle1974–presentMosin–NagantBolt-action rifle1891–presentBerdan IIBolt-action rifle1895–1920sRechambered from the original 10.67×58mmR.PM M1910Heavy machine gun1910–presentDerived from the Maxim gun.AVS-36Battle rifle1936–1953SVT-38Semi-automatic rifle1938–presentSVT-40Semi-automatic rifle1940–presentSVDDesignated marksman rifle1963–presentBaryshev AVB-7.62Battle rifle1985PV-1Light machine gun1928–1945Derived from the PM M1910.Широкорад А.Б. (2001) История авиационного вооружения Харвест (Shirokorad A.B. (2001) Istorya aviatsionnogo vooruzhenia Harvest. ) (History of aircraft armament), pages 68-69DP-27Light machine gun1928–presentShKASLight machine gun1934–1945DS-39Medium machine gun1939–1950sSavin–Norov machine gunLight machine gun1939–1940SG-43 GoryunovMedium machine gun1943–presentRP-46Light machine gun1946–presentVariant of DP-27.Garanin general-purpose machine gunsGeneral-purpose machine gun1957PK machine gunGeneral-purpose machine gun1961–presentPKM machine gunGeneral-purpose machine gun1969–presentVariant of the PK machine gun.GShG-7.62Rotary-barrel machine gun1970–presentSVUDesignated marksman rifle1994–presentDerived from the SVD.Berkut rifleSemi-automatic rifle1998–presentSV-98Bolt-action sniper rifle2003–presentSVChDesignated marksman rifle2022–presentPKP PechenegGeneral-purpose machine gun2001–presentVariant of the PKM machine gun.AEK-999General-purpose machine gun2008–presentDerived from the PKM machine gun.Winchester Model 1895Lever-action rifle 1915–1945Export variant for Russian Empire.James, Garry "Winchester Model 1895 Russian Musket" American Rifleman April 2013 p.112Zastava M91Designated marksman rifle1992–presentZastava M84General-purpose machine gun1985–presentYugoslav 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 List of .30-06 Springfield firearms .303 British 7.5×54mm
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