Company type | Private |
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Industry | Firearms |
Founded | June 18, 2012[1] |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States |
Products | Ammunition Cartridges |
Services | Ammunition Supplier |
Parent | Century International Arms CenturyArms.com |
Website | RedArmyStandard.com |
Red Army Standard Ammunition is a trademark associated with Century International Arms (CIA), an arms and ammunition corporation in Delray Beach, Florida, United States.[2] The official spelling of the brand's name is faux Cyrillic, written as RЭD АRMY STAИDARD.[3][4] The company supplies various sizes of cartridges for designs of firearms, such as the AKM and AK-47 rifles and the Makarov PM pistol, originating from Russia and former Soviet (Eastern Bloc) countries. Cartridges are made in various countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Poland. One manufacturer of RAS cartridges is Lugansk Cartridge Works, in Lugansk, Ukraine and its headstamp code is the letters "LU". Another factory is the IGMAN d.d. Konjic cartridge plant in the city of Konjic, in Igman, Bosnia and Herzegovina and its newer headstamp is the letters "IK", while the older headstamp consists of the Cyrillic letters "ИК".
Known ballistics of R.A.S. ammunition products are below. Some figures are calculated from inputs of other figures such as the energy measured in foot-pounds (ft-lbf).[11] OAL stands for Overall Length.
Data for a Red Army Standard 9×18mm Makarov cartridge, labeled as 94 grain FMJ:
Head stamp | Cartridge case | Bullet (grains) | Bullet structure | Magnetic case | Magnetic bullet | OAL (inches) | Velocity (fps) | Velocity Average (fps) | Energy (ft-lbf) |
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Red Army LU 9×18mm Makarov | polymer coated steel, with red sealant | 93.7-94.5 | lead core bi-metal jacketed (copper clad steel), concave exposed lead base | Yes | Yes | 0.972-0.980 | 1007-1070 | 1036 | 211-240 |
Data for a Red Army Standard 7.62×39mm cartridge with a steel case, labeled as 123 grain FMJ:[12]
Head stamp | Cartridge case | Bullet (grains) | Bullet structure | Magnetic case | Magnetic bullet | OAL (inches) | Velocity (fps) | Velocity Average (fps) | Energy (ft-lbf) |
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7.62×39 LU Red Army Standard | lacquer coated steel, with green sealant | 123 | lead core bi-metal jacketed, copper clad steel | Yes | Yes | 1.674 | 2311-2316 | 2309 | 1456 |
Data for a Red Army Standard 7.62×39mm ELITE cartridge with a brass case and copper-lead bullet, labeled as 123 grain FMJ ELITE:[13]
Head stamp | Cartridge case | Bullet (grains) | Bullet structure | Magnetic case | Magnetic bullet | OAL (inches) | Velocity (fps) | Velocity Average (fps) | Energy (ft-lbf) |
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7.62×39 IK Red Army Standard | brass, with red sealant | 123 | lead core, copper jacketed | No | No | Unknown | 2260-2324 | 2287 | 1428 |
Data for a Red Army Standard 5.45×39mm cartridge with a steel case, labeled as 69 grain FMJ:[14]
Head stamp | Cartridge case | Bullet (grains) | Bullet structure | Magnetic case | Magnetic bullet | OAL (inches) | Velocity (fps) | Velocity Average (fps) | Energy (ft-lbf) |
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5.45×39 LU Red Army Standard | polymer coated steel, with green sealant | 69 | lead core bi-metal jacketed, copper clad steel | Yes | Yes | unknown | 2655-2689 | 2664 | 1087 |
Data for a Red Army Standard 7.62×25mm Tokarev cartridge with a steel case, labeled as 86 grain FMJ: [15][16]
Head stamp | Cartridge case | Bullet (grains) | Bullet structure | Magnetic case | Magnetic Bullet | OAL (inches) | Velocity (fps) | Velocity Average (fps) | Energy (ft-lbf) |
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7.62×25 14S RAS | lacquer coated steel, with red sealant | 86 | lead core, bi-metal jacketed, copper clad steel | Yes | Yes | 1.37 | 1,590 | 1279-1329 | 483 |