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 ...

North America held the largest market share of the global small caliber ammunition market was valued at USD 2.29 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 3.68 billion by 2028; it is expected ...

“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 ...