What is the biggest caliber?

Here are 10 of the biggest ever built ranked by caliber.
  • 2B1 Oka. Caliber: 420-millimeter. ...
  • The 100-Ton Gun. Caliber: 450-millimeter. ...
  • BL 18 Inch Railway Howitzer. Caliber: 457.2-millimeter. ...
  • "40cm/45 Type 94" Naval Gun. Caliber: 460-millimeter. ...
  • Mons Meg. Caliber: 520-millimeter. ...
  • Karl-Gerät. ...
  • Schwerer Gustav and Dora. ...
  • Tsar Cannon.
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What is the largest caliber round?

The . 950 JDJ (24.1x70mm) is a powerful large caliber rifle cartridge developed by American gunsmith and weapon designer J. D. Jones of SSK Industries.
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What caliber is ak47?

Built around a 7.62-mm round with a muzzle velocity of some 700 metres per second, it had a cyclic firing rate of 600 rounds per minute and was capable of both semiautomatic and automatic fire.
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What caliber are elephant guns?

620 inch caliber and velocities around 2,000 ft/s (610 m/s) they possessed vastly improved trajectory and penetration over their black powder forebears. Within a few years the mighty bore guns of the previous era largely disappeared from the gamefields.
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What caliber is a AR 15?

The AR-15 is nominally chambered in .223/5.56mm NATO, but many variants have been produced in different calibers such as .22-LR, 7.62×39mm, 9×19mm Parabellum and shotgun calibers.
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What guns kick the hardest?

The Six Hardest Kicking Cartridges
  • 700 H&H. The . 700 Nitro Express or H&H Magnum. ...
  • 600 Nitro Express. A . 600 Nitro Express cartridge. ...
  • 475 A&M Magnum. A . 475 A&M Magnum cartridge. ...
  • 577 Tyrannosaur. Two . ...
  • 460 Weatherby. The . ...
  • 454 Casull. Many regular-frame handguns are offered in the hard-kicking .
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Can you survive a 50 caliber bullet?

On really hard bones, like the hip socket, the huge, fast-moving round can leave all or most of its energy in the bone and connected flesh. This will basically liquefy the enemy it hits as the energy travels through the nearby muscles and the organs in the abdominal cavity. There's really no way to survive a . 50-cal.
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Do Snipers use 50-Cal?

There are several variants of the heavy-hitting . 50 caliber round, used by the U.S. military in M2 machine guns and M107 sniper rifles.
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How many bullets can a Desert Eagle hold?

The Desert Eagle is fed with a detachable magazine. Magazine capacity is 9 rounds in . 357 Magnum, 8 rounds in . 44 Magnum, and 7 rounds in .
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Can a 50-cal go through a tank?

Developments in tank armor soon made tanks generally impervious to 50 caliber rounds,39 but according to the Marine Corps and other authorities, the 50 caliber can still blast through more lightly armored vehicles, such as armored personnel carriers, and thus clearly through armored limousines.
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Which gun is the loudest?

The loudest gun in the world is the 460 Weatherby Magnum with an 18″ barrel and a muzzle brake at around 170–180 decibels.
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What gun has the fastest fire rate?

According to the Guinness World Records, the machine gun in service with the highest rate of fire is the M134 Minigun. Designed in 1960s, this weapon spat fury from helicopters and armored vehicles. This 7.62mm calibre gun fired at a super fast pace of 6,000 rounds per minute i.e. 100 rounds per second.
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What caliber is m16?

It measures 100 cm (39 inches) long, has a 20-round or 30-round magazine, and fires 5.56-mm (. 223-calibre) ammunition at a rate of 700–950 rounds per minute.
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What caliber is a Glock 19?

The G19 is a mid-size pistol, shooting the 9x19mm pistol cartridge (9mm Parabellum), a standard military round that's easy to find ammo for anywhere. The GLOCK 19 is a short-recoil operated, striker-fire semi-automatic pistol. The Safe-Action trigger system makes shooting in stressed situations infallible.
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Why is a 22 called a 22?

. 22 caliber, or 5.6 mm caliber, refers to a common firearms bore diameter of 0.22 inch (5.6 mm). Cartridges in this caliber include the very widely used .
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What caliber do snipers use?

At the present time, in both the Western world and within NATO, 7.62×51mm is currently the primary cartridge of choice for military and police sniper rifles.
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What caliber is a 500 Auto Max?

The 500 Auto Max is a rimless 500 S&W Magnum that is easy to obtain or reload. A very versatile cartridge, It can be had in loaded ammunition with bullets ranging from 350grns to an amazing 600grns.
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What does AR stand for?

The AR in "AR-15" rifle stands for ArmaLite rifle, after the company that developed it in. the 1950s. "AR" does NOT stand for "assault rifle" or "automatic rifle." • AR-15-style rifles are NOT "assault weapons" or "assault rifles." An assault rifle is fully.
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What is the quietest gun in the world?

The De Lisle carbine or De Lisle Commando carbine was a British firearm used during World War II that was designed with an integrated suppressor. That, combined with its use of subsonic ammunition, made it extremely quiet in action, possibly one of the quietest firearms ever made.
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Is a shotgun louder than a pistol?

Here is how loud a gunshot is in decibels on average:

Shotgun gunshot: 155 dB. Rifle gunshot: 158 dB. Pistol gunshot: 158 dB.
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How loud can a human yell?

Human screams can be quite loud, possibly exceeding 100 dB (as of March 2019, the world record is 129 dB!) —but you probably want to avoid that because screams that loud can hurt your ears! You should also have found sound levels drop off quickly as you get farther from the source.
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Will a bulletproof vest stop a 50 cal?

Most body armor is useless against . 50 caliber rounds, as they are only meant to protect against cartridges with less than 1/3 of the energy of the . 50 caliber.
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What metal can stop a 50 cal bullet?

50 caliber rounds as well as steel -- at less than half the weight. Summary: Researchers have demonstrated that vehicle armor using composite metal foam (CMF) can stop ball and armor-piercing . 50 caliber rounds as well as conventional steel armor, even though it weighs less than half as much.
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