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	Army Technology - APFSDS - Ammunition
		APFSDS (Armoured Piercing Fin-Stabilised Discarding Sabot) ammunition is a type of anti-tank round.
		The penetration characteristics of tank gun APFSDS darts was so great that enemy tanks could be engaged behind sand berms, the sub-projectile penetrating between ten to thirty meters or sand and still achieving a hard kill.
		Hyper-velocity APFSDS rounds have significantly increased the leathal range of tank fires, and combined with improvements in tank gunnery this has meant that combat engagement ranges have been dramatically increased.
	www.army-technology.com /contractors/ammunition/apfsds.htm (787 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A kinetic energy penetrator (also known as a KE weapon) is a type of ammunition which, like a bullet, does not contain explosives, and uses kinetic energy to penetrate the target.
		APFSDS can still be fired from rifled guns but the sabot is of a modified design incorporating bearings to isolate the spin of the sabot in the barrel from the round itself so far as practicable.
		The counterpart of APFSDS in rifle ammunition is the saboted flechette.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=APFSDS (1067 words)

	Kinetic energy penetrator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		APFSDS can still be fired from rifled guns but the sabot is of a modified design incorporating bearings to isolate the spin of the sabot in the barrel from the round itself so far as practicable.
		APFSDS rounds generally operate in the range of 1,400 to 1,850 m/s.
		The counterpart of APFSDS in rifle ammunition is the saboted flechette.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/APFSDS (1111 words)

	T-12 antitank gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For a tank that can maneouvre to take advantage of the enemy's weaknesses this is less of a problem — but for a weapon that is primarily defensive this is a serious problem.
		The gun requires a crew of six: commander, driver of the towing vehicle, gun layer, loader, and two ammunition crewmen.
		When the MT-LB is used as the transporter (as with the T-12A and MT-12) twenty rounds are typically carried (10 APFSDS, 4 HE-Frag, 6 HEAT).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/T-12_antitank_gun (410 words)

	APFSDS -- ARMOR PIERCING, FIN-STABILIZED, DISCARDING-SABOT - APFSDS - Military Periscope
		It is used primarily in smoothbore guns because the KEP is most effective when it is not spun by the rifling in a rifled gun.
		APFSDS ammunition has been in use by the Soviet Union in all of its tanks beginning with the T-62.
		NATO nations have APFSDS for 90-,105-, and 120-mm rifled and 120-mm smoothbore guns.
	www.periscope.ucg.com /terms/t0000041.html (117 words)

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