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M67 Ball

Drawing of the M67 Ball bullet
Cartridge
7.62x39mm
Bullet weight
7.97 g
Reference velocity
720 m/s
Muzzle energy
2066 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
M67
Maker
PPU
Country of origin
Yugoslavia
Introduced
1967
Military load
Yes
Widely available
Yes

ProjectileThe figures the drawing and the solver start from.

Bullet type
FMJ
Cartridge
7.62x39mm
Bullet diameter
7.92 mm
Bullet weight
7.97 g (123.0 gr)
Sectional density
0.181
Ballistic coefficient (G1)
0.29
Ballistic coefficient (G7)
0.145
Reference velocity
720 m/s (2362 ft/s)
Reference barrel
415 mm
Velocity retention exponent
0.19

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 m720 m/s

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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
2066 J
Effective range
416 m
Momentum
5.74 kg m/s
Taylor knockout factor
12.9
Hatcher relative stopping power
105
Energy density
4193.3 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 m720 m/s2066 J0 cm0 s2.10
50 m705 m/s1981 J2.4 cm0.07 s2.06
100 m690 m/s1896 J9.9 cm0.142 s2.01
200 m658 m/s1725 J41.3 cm0.29 s1.92
300 m624 m/s1553 J97.7 cm0.446 s1.82
400 m588 m/s1379 J183.2 cm0.611 s1.72
500 m549 m/s1202 J303.8 cm0.787 s1.60
600 m505 m/s1018 J467.7 cm0.977 s1.47
800 m392 m/s611 J990 cm1.421 s1.14
1000 m295 m/s346 J2020.6 cm2.03 s0.86

Other loads

Other 7.62x39mm loads

The same cartridge, loaded other ways.

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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/m67' \  --header 'X-API-Key: your_key'