The main gun's lethality was improved with the introduction of a new armour piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot ( APFSDS ).
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Some conventional High Explosive ( HE ) shells were carried, but the primary ammunition was Armour-Piercing Discarding Sabot projectiles ( APDS)
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Time had become critical, and it was decided to use a finned projectile with a discarding sabot, weighing and carrying a explosive charge.
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These included " pre-grooved " projectiles which showed no significant improvement, squeeze-bore, discarding sabot and even a smoothbore version.
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This causes the shot to " rattle " down the gun barrel and leave the barrel at an angle unless wadding or a discarding sabot is used.
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The "'M829 "'is an American Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot ( M1A1 and M1A2 main battle tanks.
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The weapon launches a streamlined discarding sabot round designed by Boeing's Phantom Works at ( approximately Mach 5 ) with accelerations exceeding 60, 000 g n.
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Uruguay continues to use the M24, modernized with new engines and 76mm guns which can fire armor-piercing, fin stabilised, discarding sabot ( APFSDS ) rounds.
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As an armament for main battle tanks, it succeeds armour-piercing discarding sabot ( APDS ) ammunition, which is still used in small or medium calibre weapon systems.
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"' Armour-piercing discarding sabot "'( APDS ) is a type of saboted light armour penetrator ( SLAP ) concept applies this technology to small arms calibres.
