M1A1 fires a APFSDS-T discarding sabot "anti-tank" shell ... to5,000 feet per second), and can penetrate more armor when it hits an enemy tank.The high speed round hits its target with force equal to ...

A few quick shots inside the belly of the tank shows a loader placing an 'armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot' (APFSDS) round inside the main gun. APFSDS rounds do not carry warheads ...

Nexter Munitions is in the final stages of developing a new 120 mm armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding-sabot (APFSDS) round called the 120 Shard, the company announced on 9 March.

The M68A1 on the M1 Abrams could fire a variety of armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) rounds. The best anti-tank round when the M1 entered service was the M774 APFSDS round ...

This multipurpose cannon reportedly has a muzzle velocity of 2,000 meters per second (almost mach 6) for armored piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS ... 1,750meter per second * US’s ...

Elbit Systems’ Iron Fist active protection system (APS) has successfully engaged a 120 mm armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (APFSDS) projectile under test conditions, Adam ...

30mm cannon, he said. The 30mm Mk 44 gun is capable of using the Mk 258 Mod 1 armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot tracer (APFSDS-T) round. The projectile supercavitates in the water. It ...

This multipurpose cannon reportedly has a muzzle velocity of 2,000m per second for armored piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS ... and the US’s M829A3 APFSDS round has a muzzle ...

April 9, 2014: India has ordered 66,000 Russian 3VBM17 APFSDS (Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot) shells for the 125mm guns on their T-90 tanks. Each of these shells will cost $6,556. The ...

This presents challenges for all types of rounds, although modern Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS ... x being the generation of the round. For instance, DM13 was the ...

With a crew of four—commander, driver, gunner, and loader—and a 36-round ammunition reserve ... fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) rounds that can penetrate 600mm of rolled homogenous ...

In response to this, a new type of kinetic energy penetrator ammunition - Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) has been developed to effectively attack modern vehicle armour. The ...