| .50 Caliber Introduction |
| Designation |
Notes |
| US Army Caliber .50 Cartridges |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Blank, M1 |
12.7x99mm BMG blank cartridge |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: High Pressure Test, M1 |
12.7x99mm BMG 999-grain high-pressure test cartridge |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Incendiary, M1 |
12.7x99mm BMG 633-grain incendiary cartridge; light blue tip |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Tracer, M1 |
12.7x99mm BMG 633-grain incendiary cartridge; light blue tip |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Armor-Piercing, M2 |
12.7x99mm BMG 706.7-grain AP cartridge; black tip |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Ball, M2 |
12.7x99mm BMG 709.5-grain FMJ cartridge |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Dummy, M2 |
12.7x99mm BMG dummy cartridge |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Armor-Piercing-Incendiary, M8 |
12.7x99mm BMG 622.5-grain API cartridge; aluminum tip |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Tracer, M10 |
12.7x99mm BMG 643-grain tracer cartridge; orange tip; for use in aircraft machine guns |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Tracer, M17 |
12.7x99mm BMG 643-grain tracer; brown tip |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Armor-Piercing-Incendiary-Tracer, M20 |
12.7x99mm BMG 619-grain API-T cartridge; red tip with aluminum ring |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Tracer, Headlight, M21 |
12.7x99mm BMG 699-grain tracer cartridge for use in air-to-air combat |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Incendiary, M23 |
12.7x99mm BMG 512-grain incendiary cartridge; blue tip with light blue ring; for use in aircraft machine guns |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Ball, M33 |
12.7x99mm BMG 706.7-grain FMJ cartridge |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Spotter-Tracer, M48 |
12.7x76mm spotting cartridge |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Dummy, XM176 |
12.7x99mm BMG dummy cartridge |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Dummy, M251 |
12.7x76mm dummy cartridge |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Ball, Plastic Practice, M858 |
12.7x99mm BMG plastic projectile training cartridge; Short Range Training Ammunition (SRTA) |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Tracer, Plastic Practice, M860 |
12.7x99mm BMG plastic projectile training cartridge with tracer element; Short Range Training Ammunition (SRTA) |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Saboted Light Armor Penetrator, M903 |
12.7x99mm BMG 355-360-grain SLAP cartridge; amber sabot |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Saboted Light Armor Penetrator-Tracer, M962 |
12.7x99mm BMG 355-360-grain SLAP-T cartridge; red sabot |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Long Range Training Ammunition, XM975 |
12.7x99mm BMG LRTA cartridge |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Long Range Training Ammunition-Tracer, XM976 |
12.7x99mm BMG LRTA-T cartridge |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50: Long Range, XM1022 |
12.7x99mm BMG 650-grain long-range cartridge |
| US Navy Caliber .50 Cartridges |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50, Armor-Piercing Incendiary, Mk 211 |
12.7x99mm BMG 671-grain HEIAP cartridge; green tip or green tip with gray ring |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50, Armor-Piercing Incendiary, Dim Tracer, Mk 257 |
12.7x99mm BMG 610-grain API-T cartridge; lavender tip with gray ring |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50, Armor-Piercing, Mk 263 |
12.7x99mm BMG 750-grain AP cartridge; black tip |
| Cartridge, Caliber .50, ?, Mk 323 |
12.7x99mm BMG ball cartridge; hybrid polymer-brass case |
