DAG Dynamit Nobel 4.3mm x 45 Prototype
Manufactured by H&K ...but never put into production. And designed for a different kind of varmint.
According to what I was told by the person that gave me the cartridge (he has many, many unusual cartridges ...wildcats,
prototypes, etc.), this was under development by H&K for the US Government in late days of the Vietnam War.
It apparently (according to this individual ...and he hasn't steered me wrong ...at least knowingly since I've known
him) ...owing to the propensity for the boots on-the-ground to oft-times choose AKs over Eugene Stoner's gun for
reliability and close-range damage potential ...was developed as a round to be used in place of the 5.56x45 ammo. A
soldier could carry much more ammo, and the incredible speeds attained by the round (without destroying the rifling)
incurred more devastating wounds on its recipients.
So, more ammo, more damage ...that was the theory. However, it never went into production (4.7mm & 4.9mm too).
Alright ...so more of a distinction than a difference in bullet diameter - .17in/4.3mm. (a 5.56 is not a .223 ...heh, heh, heh). However, performance-wise, supposedly quite different than
the .17 REM.
Well, it may have chambered similarly, but that sucker must have rattled down those barrels at a tremendous speed. What were they thinking?
What do you think ...just a tale, or fact?
Left to right: .17/223 Norma Experimental, .17-223 Frankford Arsenal Experimental F A 7 2, .17-223 Frankford Arsenal
Experimental F A 7 3,
4.3x45 D.A.G. Experimental DAG 4.3X45, 4.9x45 D.A.G. Experimental DAG
.223, 4.7x45 Experimental DAG 4.7 MM, 4.85x49 Experimental XL1E1 RG 77 4.85
Alfred Nobel - DAG - Dynamit Aktien Gessellschaft
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