Deadliest rifle/ machine gun caliber in history?

deadliest rifle/machine gun caliber


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true but this is post-1900

And up on the Northwest Frountier british troops were still taking casualties from muskets in the twenties and thirties. Some of the matchlocks.

(source one of my mothers uncles who was stationed there)
 
And up on the Northwest Frountier british troops were still taking casualties from muskets in the twenties and thirties. Some of the matchlocks.

(source one of my mothers uncles who was stationed there)
didn't know that, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, people will use anything when they need too.
 
I'd go with the Soviet 7.62x39: given the number of AKs and AK derived weapons that use that bullet....it's been said that the AK is responsible for more deaths than any other weapons system. Ever.
 
I'd go with the Soviet 7.62x39: given the number of AKs and AK derived weapons that use that bullet....it's been said that the AK is responsible for more deaths than any other weapons system. Ever.

I suppose we're excluding sharp objects and blunt instruments from the list, then. They'd be strong contenders too, even if they're not exactly "systems".
 
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