7.62x39mm Rounds
7.62x39mm Rounds are common intermediate rifle ammunition in DayZ used by the BK-18, Sawed-off BK-18, CR-527, SK 59/66, and KA-M. They stack up to 20 rounds, weigh 8 g each, spawn in farm, hunting, military, town, and village loot, and deal strong damage for an intermediate cartridge.
Quick answer
7.62x39mm Rounds are a type of intermediate rifle ammunition in DayZ. They are used by the BK-18, Sawed-off BK-18, CR-527, SK 59/66, and KA-M. They can be found boxed, loose, or pre-loaded in compatible magazines. A box of 7.62x39mm contains 20 rounds. Compared with smaller intermediate rounds, 7.62x39mm delivers strong health and shock damage, but it has lower velocity than some other rifle calibers.
In-game description
“7.62x39mm intermediate cartridge. Used in select rifles.”
Main Uses
How to use this item
Use 7.62x39mm Rounds
Use 7.62x39mm Rounds with compatible rifles and magazines when you want strong intermediate-caliber damage.
- Find 7.62x39mm Rounds in farm, hunting, military, town, or village loot areas.
- Find a compatible weapon such as the BK-18, CR-527, SK 59/66, or KA-M.
- Load the rounds directly into compatible internal-magazine weapons or into a matching magazine.
- Use the ammo for hunting, infected clearing, or player combat.
- Carry extra stacks because each stack holds up to 20 rounds.
How to get 7.62x39mm Rounds
- Search farm loot locations.
- Search hunting loot locations.
- Search military loot locations.
- Search town and village buildings.
- Check houses, cabins, hunting stands, hunting camps, military tents, barracks, and rural loot areas.
- Look for boxed ammo, loose rounds, or compatible weapons and magazines that may already contain 7.62x39mm.
- Loot players carrying a BK-18, CR-527, SK 59/66, KA-M, or spare 7.62x39mm ammunition.
Spawn info
- • 7.62x39mm Rounds are used by the BK-18, Sawed-off BK-18, CR-527, SK 59/66, and KA-M.
- • They stack up to 20 rounds.
- • They weigh 8 g per round.
- • They are supersonic.
- • They can be found boxed, loose, or pre-loaded in compatible magazines.
- • They spawn in farm, hunting, military, town, and village loot locations.
- • They are common.
Important notes
- 7.62x39mm Rounds are intermediate rifle ammunition.
- They are used by the BK-18, Sawed-off BK-18, CR-527, SK 59/66, and KA-M.
- They deal 110 health damage, 100 blood damage, and 110 shock damage.
- They hit hard for an intermediate cartridge.
- They are supersonic.
- A box of 7.62x39mm contains 20 rounds.
- The tracer variant is listed separately as 7.62x39mm Tracer Rounds.
- The cartridge has lower velocity than some other rifle cartridges but offers strong damage and manageable recoil.
- The in-game ammo box design appears to parody the Russian ammunition brand Brown Bear.