X6A
12.7 x 99 mm Tracer cartridge X6A, steel case
Steel-case 12.7 x 99 mm cartridge with a 42 g red-tipped X6A tracer bullet retaining at least 80 per cent tracer capacity at 1500 m.
Also written: 12.7x99
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Specification
| Use | all .50 (12.7 x 99 mm) caliber machine guns, like .50 Z03 M.G., .50 Browning M2, Browning M85 etc. |
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| Cartridge case | steel, lacquered in brown color |
| Bullet X6A | 42 g, tip painted red; brass (CuZn10) plated steel jacket, mild steel core, inert composition, tracer cup with tracer composition |
| Primer | Boxer type, non corrosive |
| Propellant | single or double base type |
| Medium velocity of bullet at 24 m | V24 = 886 ± 9 m/s |
| Average max. pressure | Pmed.max ≤ 379 MPa |
| Individual max. pressure | Pmax.max ≤ 395 MPa |
| Accuracy | R50 ≤ 19 cm at 300 m, or pooled mean of vertical and horizontal standard deviations of 90 rounds (3 series of 30) ≤ 400 mm at 550 m |
| Tracer capacity at 1500 m | ≥ 80% |
| Bullet extraction force | 200 ÷ 550 kg |
| Packing | 85 pcs per UN certified steel ammunition box; 105 (104+1) steel boxes per wooden pallet, one box containing the tools for box opening |
| Cartridges per pallet | 8840 rds |
| Pallet overall dimensions (L x l x h) | 1130 x 885 x 850 mm |
| Net / gross pallet weight | 998 / 1125 kg |
| UN number | 0339 |
| Hazard class | 1.4C |
| N.E.Q. | 17 g |
| TNT Eq. | 2 g |
All data provided for information purposes; final specification is defined per contract. Full technical data sheets are issued on request against a stated end-user.