Belgium-based FN Herstal, one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of small caliber weapons and ammunition, and integrated weapon systems, is proud to announce that the FN®-designed 5.7x28mm caliber was recently recognized as a NATO caliber with the NATO STANAG 4509 (standardization agreement).įN Herstal, the original designer of the 5.7x28mm caliber FN Herstal started the design of the 5.7×28mm cartridge in the late 1980s when body armor was becoming standard combat equipment and the modern-day battlefield required a more appropriate and more effective cartridge. Two other NATO calibers are the 9x19mm NATO and the 12.7x99mm NATO. The main use for the 5.7x28mm is for handguns and Personal Defense Weapons (PDW) like the FN P90. The new standardization comes after the 5.56x45mm and 7.62x51mm calibers, which were both designed by FN Herstal, and standardized by NATO in 19 respectively.
Thirty-five years after it was invented, the 5.7x28mm caliber is now standardized by NATO. El calibre 5.7mm surgió a finales de los 80´s, para satisfacer la necesidad de disponer de un arma de combate cercano, capaz de perforar los chalecos de protección personal, que en esos días comenzaban a ser parte del equipo individual del combatiente. Es el 5to cartucho que cumple con esta condición, establecida a partir de 1957 y destinada a unificar los calibres empleados por el armamento de los países adherentes a la citada Organización. 35 años después de su presentación por la afamada empresa de armamentos Belga FN Herstal, el cartucho de calibre 5.7x28mm finalmente ha sido homologado por la NATO para su estandarización como cartucho de armas portátiles.
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