Rifle cartridges with projectiles with steel cores are designed for fighting any living beings and unarmored targets using: 7,62 mm RPD automatic rifle, 7,62 mm
RPK automatic rifle, 7,62 mm AKM carbine, other types of weapon adapted to this type of ammunition.
| Projectile type: | With steel core |
| Primer: | Berdan |
| Projectile weight | 7,75 ÷ 8,05 g |
| Propellant charge weight | ~ 1,6 g (24,69 gr) |
| Cartridge weight | 16,8 ÷ 17,8 g |
| Average velocity of the bullet | V25 = 710 ÷ 725 m/s |