List of 7.62×51mm NATO firearms

The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge, first developed and used in the 1950s for the M14 rifle, and later in 1957 under STANAG 2310 was adopted as the standard infantry rifle cartridge for NATO.[1] Not all countries that use weapons chambered in this caliber are in NATO.

This table is sortable for every column.

Name Type Country Image Years of service Notes
FN FAL Battle rifle  Belgium 1953–present
FN SCAR-H Battle rifle  Belgium 2009–present
FN MAG General-purpose machine gun  Belgium 1958–present
AA-52 General-purpose machine gun  France 1952–present
Heckler & Koch G3 Battle rifle  Germany 1959–present
Heckler & Koch PSG1 Semi-automatic sniper rifle  Germany 1972–present
Heckler & Koch MSG90 Designated marksman rifle  Germany 1990–present
MG 3 machine gun General-purpose machine gun  Germany 1959–present Derived from the MG 42.
Ishapore 2A1 rifle Bolt-action rifle  India 1963–present Derived from SMLE Mk III*.
Beretta BM 59 Battle rifle  Italy 1959–present Derived from M1 Garand.
Howa Type 64 Battle rifle  Japan 1964–present
Sumitomo Type 62 General-purpose machine gun  Japan 1962–present
PSR-90 Semi-automatic sniper rifle  Pakistan Derived from the HK PSG1.
Azb DMR MK1 Designated marksman rifle  Pakistan 2014–present
UKM-2000 General-purpose machine gun  Poland 2000–present
Ak 4 rifle Battle rifle  Sweden 1964–present Licensed copy of the HK G3A3.
Ksp 58 machine gun General-purpose machine gun  Sweden 1958–present Licensed copy of the FN MAG.
Kulspruta m/39 General-purpose machine gun  Sweden 1975–present Licensed copy of the M1919A4.
Kulspruta m/42 General-purpose machine gun  Sweden 1975–present Derived from the M1919A6.
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle Semi-automatic rifle  United Kingdom 1954–present Derived from the FN FAL.
L4 machine gun Light machine gun  United Kingdom 1950s–1990s
M14 rifle Battle rifle  United States 1957–present
Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle Battle rifle
Designated marksman rifle		  United States 2002–present
M1 Garand Semi-automatic rifle  United States 1965–1990s[2] Mk 2 Mod 0 and Mk 2 Mod 1 variants were converted to 7.62 NATO for US Navy.
M24 Sniper Weapon System Bolt-action sniper rifle  United States 1988–present Military and police variant of Remington 700.
M60 machine gun General-purpose machine gun  United States 1957–present
M134 Minigun Rotary machine gun  United States 1963–present
M240 machine gun General-purpose machine gun  United States 1977–present Derived from the FN MAG.

See also

References
  1. "NATO Small Arms Ammunition Interchangeability via Direct Evidence Testing" (PDF). US Army RDECOM. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-19.
  2. McCollum, Ian (22 November 2017). "Navy 7.62mm NATO Conversion M1 Garand - Mk2 Mod1". Forgotten Weapons.
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