is designated as 6,5 mm patron m/94 (6,5 mm ptr m/94), initially spelled with complete year (m/1894), meaning 6.5 mm cartridge model 1894. The core designation is usually expanded on depending on what type of design the cartridge has: Skarp patron (sk ptr) – 'sharp cartridge' (literal), 'live cartridge' (formal) – live ammunition for combat or practice shooting. Kammarpatron (kptr) – 'chamber cartridge' (literal), 'gallery cartridge' (formal) – gallery ammunition for short range indoor shooting. Lös patron (lös ptr) – 'loose cartridge' (literal) or 'blank cartridge' (formal) – blank ammunition with wooden/plastic projectile for blank-firing adaptor use. Blindpatron (blindptr) – 'blind cartridge' (literal) or 'dummy cartridge' (formal) – dummy ammunition for different exercises. Laddblindpatron (laddblindptr) – 'blind loading cartridge' (literal) or 'dummy loading cartridge' (formal) – dummy ammunition specifically for loading exercises. Cartridges Various military variants of the 6.5×55mm cartridge has been developed over the years; types like enhanced precision, armor piercing, tracer, blank, inert and training cartridges have been available. See the table at the bottom of the article for an overview of the most common 6.5×55mm military cartridges that have been used. Long round-nose service ball (1894) The initial service projectile introduced for the 6.5 mm m/94 cartridge in 1894 was a long round-nosed ball projectile, in Swedish described either as an "ogive bullet" () or "blunt bullet" (). The projectile weighed and reached a muzzle velocity of with muzzle energy when fired from a long barrel. This cartridge was initially just designated as 6,5 mm skarp patron m/94 (6,5 mm sk ptr m/94) – meaning 6.5 mm live cartridge m/94 – but in 1942 the designation changed to include the projectile in order to more easily distinguish it from other variants, becoming 6,5 mm skarp patron m/94 projektil m/94 (6,5 mm sk ptr m/94 prj m/94) – meaning 6.5 mm live cartridge m/94 projectile m/94. 6,5 mm sk ptr m/94 prj m/94 was the standard service ball cartridge up to the early phase of World War II and Norwegian occupation by Germany in 1940. It was removed from Swedish ammunition manuals at the end of March 1976. Spitzer boat tail service ball (1941) Later service ball version of the 6.5 mm m/94 cartridge, adopted in 1941. 1941 designation: 6,5 mm skarp patron m/94-41 (6,5 mm sk ptr m/94-41) – meaning 6.5 mm live cartridge m/94-41 1942 designation: 6,5 mm skarp patron m/94 projektil m/41 prickskytte (6,5 mm