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7N22 Armor Piercing

Drawing of the 7N22 Armor Piercing bullet
Cartridge
5.45x39mm
Bullet weight
4.10 g
Reference velocity
850 m/s
Muzzle energy
1481 J

Specification

The load, and the figures its drawing is made from

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IdentityWho makes it, and what it is for.

Designation
7N22 BP
Maker
Various
Country of origin
Russia
Introduced
1998
Military load
Yes
Widely available
No

ProjectileThe figures the drawing and the solver start from.

Bullet type
AP
Cartridge
5.45x39mm
Bullet diameter
5.6 mm
Bullet weight
4.1 g (63.3 gr)
Sectional density
0.176
Ballistic coefficient (G1)
0.32
Reference velocity
850 m/s (2789 ft/s)
Reference barrel
415 mm
Velocity retention exponent
0.18

Ballistics

Downrange, solved

Solved at the reference barrel of 415 mm from the G1 coefficient and the load's velocity retention. A different barrel gives a different curve.

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0 m850 m/s

0225450675900462 m0501002003004005006008001000

At the muzzle

What leaves the barrel

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MuzzleThe solver’s figures at the reference barrel, where the curve starts.

Muzzle energy
1481 J
Effective range
462 m
Momentum
3.48 kg m/s
Taylor knockout factor
5.6
Hatcher relative stopping power
38
Energy density
6013.5 J/cm²

Downrange

Point by point

The same solution as the chart, at each distance the solver reports.

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DistanceVelocityEnergyDropTime of flightMach
0 m850 m/s1481 J0 cm0 s2.48
50 m824 m/s1391 J1.8 cm0.06 s2.40
100 m798 m/s1304 J7.2 cm0.121 s2.33
200 m746 m/s1140 J30.9 cm0.251 s2.17
300 m695 m/s989 J74.6 cm0.39 s2.03
400 m644 m/s850 J142.8 cm0.539 s1.88
500 m594 m/s723 J241.1 cm0.701 s1.73
600 m544 m/s606 J377.3 cm0.877 s1.59
800 m444 m/s404 J807.8 cm1.283 s1.29
1000 m343 m/s241 J1579.5 cm1.795 s1.00

API

The call that returns this record

The same fields, in the same units, from the same endpoint the page reads.

curl --request GET \  --url 'https://api.gunspec.io/v1/ammunition/7n22' \  --header 'X-API-Key: your_key'