5.8×21mm

Chinese armor-piercing pistol cartridge

5.8×21mm DAP92

Type

Handgun, submachine gun

Place of origin

China

Service history

Used by

China

Production history

Designed

1994

Manufacturer

Norinco

Specifications

Case type

Rimless, bottleneck^[1]

Bullet diameter

6.00 mm (0.236 in) ^[2]

Neck diameter

6.57 mm (0.259 in)

Shoulder diameter

7.77 mm (0.306 in)

Base diameter

7.95 mm (0.313 in)

Rim diameter

7.97 mm (0.314 in)

Rim thickness

1.13 mm (0.044 in)

Case length

21.00 mm (0.827 in)

Overall length

32.50 mm (1.280 in)

Ballistic performance

Bullet mass/type	Velocity	Energy
46 gr (3 g) armor piercing*	479 m/s (1,570 ft/s)	335 J (247 ft⋅lbf)
46 gr (3 g) armor piercing**	518 m/s (1,700 ft/s)	420 J (310 ft⋅lbf)

Test barrel length: Pistol* and submachine gun**

The 5.8×21mm DAP Type 92 (Mandarin: 手枪弹 Dàn _____ Pǔtōng > “General [Pistol?/Carbine?] Cartridge, Model of 1992”) is a Chinese armor-piercing cartridge for handguns and submachine guns.

Description

The cartridge was designed for replacements of 7.62×25mm Tokarev-chambered small arms for the People's Liberation Army that would offer a wound as large as a standard 9×19mm Parabellum round.^[3] This round is offered in both a standard, and subsonic version.^[1] Both the QSZ-92 service pistol and the QCW-05 submachine gun are produced in this caliber as well as 9×19mm Parabellum.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "5.8x21 / MUNICION.ORG". Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
^ Handgunsmag.com. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ Fortier, David M. (September 24, 2010). "Military Ammo Today". Guns & Ammo. Retrieved September 25, 2012.

Current PLA infantry service weapons and cartridges

Handguns

Type 54^x
Type 64^x
Type 64/67^x
Type 77^x
QSZ-92
QSZ-11
QSW-06
QSZ-193

Rifles

Assault rifles and battle rifles	Type 56^x Type 63^x Type 81 Type 87^x QBS-06 QBZ-95 QBZ-03 QTS-11 QBZ-191
Designated marksman rifles	Type 85^x QBU-88 QBU-191
Anti-materiel rifles	AMR-2^x QBU-99^x QBU-10 QBU-201
Sniper rifles	CS/LR4 QBU-141 QBU-202 QBU-203

Shotguns

Submachine guns

Machine guns

Light machine gun	QJY-88^x QJB-95 QJB-191 QJB-201
General-purpose machine guns	Type 67^x Type 80^x QJY-201
Heavy machine guns	Type 85 QJC-88 QJG-02 QJZ-89 QJZ-171

Ordnance

Grenade launchers	QLZ-87 QLB-06^x QLZ-04 QLG-91 QLG-10 QLU-11
Hand grenades	FSL-02 smoke Type 82-2 Type 86
Mortars	PP-87 PP-89 PP-93 PBP-172
Rockets	FHJ-84/01 PF-89 PF-98 DZJ-08
Missiles	FN-6 QW-2 HJ-8 HJ-11 HJ-12

Cartridges

Note: ^x = limited in numbers or phasing out

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