7.62x39mm (no ontology)
From Mazeworld
The 7.62x39mm (also known as 7.62mm Soviet) is a small rifle caliber introduced in 1944 alongside the AK-47 assault rifle for which it was developed.
It is powerful and reliable, and is considered a high-tier caliber in Mazeworld.
Real-life data
Introduced in 1944, it was first used in the RPD machine gun and the SKS rifle. Although it wasn't the caliber that defined the then-new notions of "intermediate cartridge" and "assault rifle", but certainly was the one that popularized it and started a new era in the world of firearms, alongside the weapon it was most well-known for being used with: the Kalashnikov AK-47.
The first variant of 7.62x39mm cartridges produced, and the variant used in Mazeworld, is the M43, a boat-tail bullet in a copper-plated steel jacket and a steel core. This design made the bullet extremely solid, which in turn became its flaw - the bullet wouldn't yaw and start deforming before traversing at least 30 cm (12 inches) of tissue. Unless the bullet hit a vital organ, wounds received from this bullet weren't fatal and easy to recover from.
Later, a Yugoslavian variant of the caliber called the M67 was developed - it is a shorter and flatter bullet which deforms much sooner than the M43. However, despite this improvement, it wouldn't catch on due to the fact those bullets weren't frangible - something the 5.56x45mm NATO caliber, the service caliber of the US Army, was capable of and is renowned for.
Outside from military uses, 7.62x39mm sees popular use in hunting and sport shooting, mainly due to the high availability of surplus rounds.
Mazeworld overview
| Type | Unarm | Light | Hardskin | Kevlar-2 | Kevlar-3 | Kevlar-4 | HEV |
| Bullet | 82% | 80% | 78% | 67% | 53% | 29% | 11% |
- Available for purchase in a gun shop or a weapon shop, in boxes of 30 or 150 rounds
- Costs 60 P$ for 30 rounds, and 300 P$ for 150 rounds
- Ammo belts exist for the RPD (100 rounds, 200 P$)
- Value of a single round is 2 P$
- Recoil level of this round is 3 - Normal
- Availability of this caliber:
- Can be found at random in the rooms
- Type-V crate: 90 rounds ; AMMO-2 crate: 60 rounds
Weapons compatible
Class 1 weapons
- Česká Zbrojovka SA vz. 58P
- IZHMEKH Simonov SKS
- Kalashnikov AK-12 (47 variant)
- Kalashnikov AK-47
- Kalashnikov RPK
- Ruger Mini-30
- ZiD Degtyarov RPD (belted ammunition)
Class 2 weapons
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