[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Help Needed Identifying Some Ammo

Posted: 12/5/2013 3:24:14 PM EDT

I need some help from the gurus here on identifying some ammo I picked up. The first round looks like this:

Obviously the 7.62x39 stands for the dimensions but I am completely lost on who made this cartridge and what the heck the TN3 stands for. Any help would be appreciated.

The second cartridge headstamp looks like this:

I know the 3 at the top indicates it was manufactured by the Ulyanovsk Machinery Plant in Russia but what does the 95 stand for? Year of manufacture?

I appreciate any information that any one could post about these 2 rounds.

Thanks.

Posted: 12/5/2013 6:34:27 PM EDT

[#1]

The first one I'm guessing was made at Tula and the second is the year of production.

Posted: 12/5/2013 7:13:48 PM EDT

[#2]

It's Cyrillc TPZ which stands for Tula Patron Zavod or roughly Tula ammunition factory.

Posted: 12/5/2013 7:44:07 PM EDT

[#3]

Thanks guys, especially for identifying the Tula round.

Posted: 12/7/2013 10:04:01 AM EDT

[#4]

TPZ = Tulskiy Patronny Zavod = Tula Cartridge Works

"3 95" is from Ulyanovsk, Russia (factory code "3") circa 1995.

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