.50 British

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The 12.7×81mmSR cartridge was created by Vickers as an export variant of the cartridge developed for the Vickers .50 machine gun. The major changes were to modify the case from rimless to Semi-Rimmed and reduce the bullet weight from 580 gr (38 g) to 565 gr (36.6 g).

1921  WikimediaWikidata
.5 Vickers; .50 Vickers; 12.7 × 81 mm Breda; 12.7 × 81 mm SR; 12.7mm×81mm SR; 12.7x81mm; ELEY .600/500 A; Vickers M1924
rifle cartridgeBritish Empire, 

rifle cartridge


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    1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
    1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
    1921 .50 British
    1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
    1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
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    12.7 × 81 mm AP12.7 × 81 mm AP
    12.7 × 81 mm tracer12.7 × 81 mm tracer
    12.7 × 81 mm12.7 × 81 mm
    12.7 × 81 mm HE, tracer12.7 × 81 mm HE, tracer
    12.7 × 81 mm ball12.7 × 81 mm ball
    12.7 × 81 mm HE, AP, tracer12.7 × 81 mm HE, AP, tracer
    12,7 mm × 81 mm SR-212,7 mm × 81 mm SR-2
    12,7 mm × 81 mm SR-112,7 mm × 81 mm SR-1
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      commonsimage12.7 × 81 mm Commons
      commonsimage12.7 × 81 mm HE, tracer Commons
      commonsimage12.7 × 81 mm ball Commons
      commonsimage12.7 × 81 mm HE, AP, tracer Commons
      commonsimage12,7 mm × 81 mm SR-2 Commons
      commonsimage12,7 mm × 81 mm SR-1 Commons