6.5×53mmR
6.5×53mmR | ||||||||
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Military cartridge | ||||||||
Type | Military rifle cartridge[1] | |||||||
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary[1] | |||||||
Service history | ||||||||
In service | 1893-1945 | |||||||
Used by |
Netherlands[2] Romania[3] Kingdom of Portugal[4] | |||||||
Wars |
Aceh War World War I[3] World War II[2] | |||||||
Production history | ||||||||
Designed | 1892[3] | |||||||
Specifications | ||||||||
Case type | Rimmed, bottleneck[5] | |||||||
Bullet diameter | 6.65 mm (0.262 in) | |||||||
Neck diameter | 7.55 mm (0.297 in) | |||||||
Shoulder diameter | 10.75 mm (0.423 in) | |||||||
Base diameter | 11.48 mm (0.452 in) | |||||||
Rim diameter | 13.4 mm (0.53 in) | |||||||
Rim thickness | 1.25 mm (0.049 in) | |||||||
Case length | 53 mm (2.1 in) | |||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||
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Source(s): Rifles and Machine Guns[5] .256 Mannlicher / 6.5x53R Reloading Data[6] |
The 6.5×53mmR or .256 Mannlicher is a late 19th-century rimmed centerfire military rifle cartridge similar to other early smokeless powder designs. It was the first of a series of 6.5-millimetre (0.26 in) Mannlicher cartridges[1] and became the standard Romanian service rifle cartridge from 1893 to 1938,[3] and the standard Dutch service rifle cartridge from 1895 to 1945.[2]
Gallery
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Empty Dutch Mannlicher en-bloc clip
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Comparison of .303 British with .256 Mannlicher
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "A Mannlicher Introduction". Mannlicher Collectors Association. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 Reynolds, Dan. "Reissued Rifles of "The East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere"". Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Reynolds, Dan. "The Rifles of Romania 1878-1948". Carbines for Collectors. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ↑ Philip Peterson (20 July 2011). Standard Catalog of Military Firearms: The Collector's Price and Reference Guide. Gun Digest Books. p. 283. ISBN 1-4402-1451-4.
- 1 2 Johnson, Melvin M., Jr. (1944). Rifles and Machine Guns. New York: William Morrow & Company. p. 384.
- ↑ ".256 Mannlicher / 6.5x53R Reloading Data". Load Data. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
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