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  1. Armour-piercing ammunition - Wikipedia

    • By the start of World War II, armour-piercing shells with bursting charges were sometimes distinguished by the suffix "HE"; APHE was common in anti-tank shells of 75 mm calibre and larger, due to the similarity with the much larger naval armour-piercing shells already in common use. See more

    Overview

    Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often … See more

    History

    The late 1850s saw the development of the ironclad warship, which carried wrought iron armour of considerable thickness. This armour was practically immune to both the round cast-iron cannonballs then in use and to the rece… See more

    Armour-piercing non-solid shells

    An armour-piercing projectile must withstand the shock of punching through armour plating. Projectiles designed for this purpose have a greatly strengthened body with a specially hardened and shaped nose. One … See more

     
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    Armour-piecing rounds were developed in the 1860s to defeat armoured plate and were originally used by the Navy. At the end of the First World War the army started using armour-piecing rounds for Anti-tank operations.

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