Some heavy weapons companies are equipped with 12.7 mm or .50 caliber machine guns. There has been a recent increase in the capture of Sino-Soviet Bloc weapons, ammunition, and explosives from the VC.

The term small caliber refers to a specific category of ammunition. It includes the production and deployment of ammunition under .50 (12.7mm), 7.62 mm, 9 mm, .30 caliber, .38 caliber and .300 ...

Small Caliber Ammunition Market to Reach $10.24Bn, Globally, by 2028 at 7.5% CAGR with 9mm Segment Driving Growth During 2021–2028 | The Insight Partners ...

“Going to a whole new caliber [round] is really quite significant. The last time the Army did this was in the 1960s when it went from the 7.62 mm [M14 rifle] to the 5.56 mm [M16].” ...

NATO standardization integrates the 5.7x28 mm into the organization’s Multi-Caliber Manual of Proof and Inspection (AEP-97) and adds it to the portfolio of standardized NATO small-caliber ...