Manufacturer's codes for 7.62x39 mm ammunition

[sniper762]

CODE COUNTRY ................ CODE COUNTRY
01 WEST GERMANY .............. A79 SOUTH AFRICA
3 USSR....................... AD INDONESIA
04 EAST GERMANY............. aym CZECHLOSLOVAKIA
05 EAST GERMANY.............. bxn CZECHLOSLOVAKIA
10 BULGARIA .............. CAVIM VENEZUELA
11 (PRC no serifs)
Yugo has serifs
13 CUBA .................. CBC BRAZIL
17 USSR............. .. FN BELGIUM
21 POLAND ........... .. HP AUSTRIA
22 ROMANIA ............. IK YUGOSLAVIA
23 HUNGARY ............ IZ CZECHLOSLOVAKIA
31 PRC ............... Lapua FINLAND
031 PRC ............. NK YUGOSLAVIA
51 PRC ............. (letter N backwards)
60 USSR ............ nny YUGOSLAVIA
61 PRC ............. PMC SOUTH KOREA
71 PRC............. PMV CUBA
81 PRC ............. PP YUGOSLAVIA
93 NORTH KOREA
101 PRC
141 PRC ............ PPU YUGOSLAVIA
270 USSR ........... PT FINLAND
343 POLAND ......... VPT FINLAND
351 unk. (PRC?) ......... RPR ROMANIA
501 PRC ........... SO FINLAND
539 USSR .......... ZV CZECHLOSLOVAKIA

 

[diemaco]

http://www.ak-47.net/ammo/headstamps.html

 

[sniper762]

http://www.ak-47.net/ammo/headstamps.html

nice thank you!!

 

[saskcop]

It would be nice if it indicated whether or not it was corrosive - or does it and I just didn't get it?

 

[Andurp]

It would be nice if it indicated whether or not it was corrosive - or does it and I just didn't get it?

It's pretty much all going to be. An exception may be some of the Chinese stuff.