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Jan 2017 PICS: landing Boeing 767 hit by high caliber gun fi

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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=192936

7.62 mm caliber is a rather heavy caliber.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62_mm_caliber

Apart from heavy pistols/revolvers and hunting rifles it is also the standard munition for AK-47 Kalashnikov's.... :|

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=192936

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Date: 15-JAN-2017
Time: ca 08:35
Type: Boeing 767-316ER (WL)
Owner/operator: LATAM Brasil
Registration: PT-MSY
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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I would say FAL or MAG. Anywhere around in the area.
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Re: Jan 2017 PICS: landing Boeing 767 hit by high caliber gu

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The caliber is standard NATO and used in many different weapons. NATO uses this caliber and the newer 5.56mm as standard for its troops.
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