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  2. M829 - Wikipedia

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    The next generation ammunition, called 120 mm APFSDS-T M829A2, entered service in 1994 and is the armor-piercing ammunition currently being produced by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems for the 120 mm M256 gun of M1A1 and M1A2 tanks. It is a technology improvement over the M829A1.

  3. Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot - Wikipedia

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    Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS), long dart penetrator, or simply dart ammunition is a type of kinetic energy penetrator ammunition used to attack modern vehicle armour. As an armament for main battle tanks , it succeeds armour-piercing discarding sabot (APDS) ammunition, which is still used in small or medium caliber ...

  4. 120×570mm NATO - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese APFSDS round only dedicated to Type 10 MBT. Although this is a NATO-standard round, it can only be used with the Type 10 Cannon due to the increased load and resulting increased pressure when fired. [64] 120 OFLE F2 France: Nexter 2013 Depleted uranium alloy Qualified in 2009, 3000 rounds ordered in 2010, 500 were to be delivered in ...

  5. 125 mm smoothbore ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Entered service : 2016. [2] the new round uses a new sabot design, and a Tungsten Alloy penetrator of increased length compared to prior generation Russian APFSDS ammunition. Used on 2A46M-4/5 with new autoloader. Cartridge dimension: 735 mm [3] Penetrator dimension: 640 mm 28-29: 1 L/D; Round weight: ? kg; Projectile weight (including sabot ...

  6. KE-W - Wikipedia

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    The KE-W round is known for its exceptional armor-penetrating capabilities, utilizing kinetic energy to defeat armored targets. It is commonly used by modern main battle tanks as their primary anti-tank ammunition. The round is mainly used on the NATO 120x570mm cannons. The main users are the American Abrams tank, and the German Leopard [3] tank.

  7. Sabot (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Seminal research on two important sabot configurations for long rod penetrators used in APFSDS ammunition, namely the "saddle-back" and "double-ramp" sabot was performed by the US Army Ballistics Research Laboratory during the development and improvement of modern 105mm and 120mm kinetic energy APFSDS penetrators and published in 1978, [1 ...

  8. Royal Ordnance L30 - Wikipedia

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    L28A1 APFSDS: A private development initiated in the late 1990s, Royal Ordnance Defence began the development of a new tungsten alloy long-rod penetrator APFSDS-T round (the L28) to enhance the appeal of the Challenger 2 tank on the export market.

  9. Rheinmetall Rh-120 - Wikipedia

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    The new ammunition has been accepted into service with the Dutch and Swiss, as well as German, armies. [ 60 ] In 1993, South Korea invented self-sharpening process on the tungsten heavy alloy (WHA), which the process was only achievable from depleted uranium (DU) penetrators, by applying microstructure control and multi-stage cyclic heat ...