M1A1 fires a APFSDS-T discarding sabot "anti-tank" shell, with the"sabots" seen peeling away shortly after the 120mm shell leaves the barrel. Thesmaller, 12 pound, 40mm penetrator thus travels at a ...
DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orbital ATK, Inc. (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today that the M829E4 Advanced Kinetic Energy 120mm tactical tank cartridge ...
The 120mm M829 depleted uranium shell packs a wallop when shot by the Abrams. Nicknamed the “Silver Bullet,” during Operation Desert Storm, the M829 dominated the battlefield and took out numerous ...
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 ...
China recently revealed the world’s most powerful armor-piercing 120mm/125mm canon Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer report over at Popular Science. According to the 127th Ordinance Institute of the Central ...
Key Points and Summary: The British Army's new Challenger 3 main battle tank represents a significant upgrade, centered on its new Rheinmetall L55A1 120mm smoothbore gun. -This NATO-standard cannon ...
General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman are supplying training ammunition and competing for orders on engineering development, manufacturing, design and testing support contract. The DoD on 30 March ...
M1A1 fires a APFSDS-T discarding sabot "anti-tank" shell, with the"sabots" seen peeling away shortly after the 120mm shell leaves the barrel. Thesmaller, 12 pound, 40mm penetrator thus travels at a ...