These warheads also have the same effect as medium and high velocity solid shot armour piercing projectiles : spalling on the interior of the armoured vehicle's armoured plate.
22.
It is armed with a nose cannon, firing heat seeking and armour piercing shells and with air-to-air and air-to-ground rocket launchers.
23.
The warhead is either a shaped charge for use against tanks, or a semi-armour piercing fragmentation type with a delayed-action fuze for use against landing vessels.
24.
The gun could fire the same variety of ammunition as the standard 25-pounder; namely high explosive, armour piercing, smoke, gas, propaganda and illumination shells.
25.
In total " Benbow " had fired 40 rounds of shells, all of them being " Armour Piercing capped " ( APC ), and 60 rounds of shells.
26.
The turret has a maximum armour thickness of, the armour sloped at 70 degrees on the front plate and 23 degrees on the side, offering protection against armour piercing projectiles.
27.
Plastic armour was highly effective at stopping armour piercing bullets because the hard granite particles would deflect the bullet, which would then lodge between plastic armour and the steel backing plate.
28.
Although a North Korean SU-76 self-propelled gun had occasionally shelled Kujin with armour piercing rounds, there had been no reports of tanks being detected during the evening.
29.
The weapon fires two types of projectiles, a general purpose explosive / fragmentation round, the OG-82, and an armour piercing anti-tank round, the PG-82.
30.
During the Second World War he carried out work on armour piercing shells at the National Physical Laboratory and headed the Armament Research Laboratory at the Projectile Development Establishment at Fort Halstead, Kent.
