KNDS's Nexter announced in a press release on 29 February that it had qualified its Shard 120 mm armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (APFSDS) tank ammunition in late 2023 and that it is ...
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. Designed to be ...
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 ...
January 11, 2015: Poland has ordered 13,000 120mm APFSDS (Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot, for smooth bore guns) tank gun shells from a local manufacturer for delivery by 2017. These ...
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Why Russia Is Still Using 1980s Tank Ammo in Ukraine
Despite having newer designs, Russian forces are relying heavily on decades-old APFSDS rounds like the 3BM42 “Mango.” This breakdown explores why: established mass production, a large existing ...
Tank ammunition is not easy to manufacture. Modern tanks require ammo that is made to withstand immense pressure while also maintaining very high accuracy. This presents challenges for all types of ...
Specialised Imaging has published a new applications report that demonstrates the utility of its SI Tracker 2 system in following flight behaviour of a high speed projectile when the unexpected ...
For centuries rifling improved accuracy, but by the Cold War it was holding tanks back. With APFSDS darts and HEAT shells, smoothbore guns became the superior choice. From the Soviet T-62 to NATO’s ...
Key Point: It takes an advanced weapons industry to produce good tank ammunition. Tank ammunition is not easy to manufacture. Modern tanks require ammo that is made to withstand immense pressure while ...
China has a new multipurpose cannon (sy_wsh at lt.cjdby.net via Popular Science). The 127th Ordinance Research Institute’s news 125mm tank cannon is the world’ largest, with a barrel length over 7.5 ...
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