![]() ![]() ![]() It was designed in 1891 along with the Mosin-Nagant. The name is sometimes confused with the "7.62 Soviet", which refers to the 7.62×39mm cartridge. The round is sometimes referred to as "7.62 Russian" or "Russian 30-06" to distinguish it from 7.62 mm NATO: this is sometimes claimed to be an error based around mistaking the "R" ("rimmed") for "Russian," but it is really just for differentiation purposes in most uses. The 7.62×54mmR is the CIP standard name for the round, coming into use after the establishment of the organization in 1914. This refers to its original caliber measurement in the Russian cubit standard series (1 line = 2.54mm or 1⁄10 of an inch), and was the source of the Mosin-Nagant's "three-line rifle" designation in Russian. It later acquired the more common name "7,62мм винтовочный патрон" ("7.62mm rifle cartridge"). The 7.62×54mmR is one of the oldest cartridges still in use by any military in the world, and one of the few rimmed bottleneck cartridges still in common use today.The Russian military uses it in the Dragunov SVD, as well as other sniper rifles and general purpose machine guns.
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