Armor piercing ammunition
Armor-piercing ammunition is used in the military sector to penetrate the armored or hardened surface of targets such as tanks or bunkers and thereby destroy them. In English, such ammunition is known as armor piercing , or AP for short , and in Russian as bronjeboini snarjad (Бронебойный снаряд).
Due to their structure and mode of action, the following types of armor-piercing ammunition can be roughly distinguished:
- Impact projectiles that act in the target solely due to their kinetic energy .
- Shaped charge projectiles penetrate the target surface through an explosion-shaped "spike" ( Munroe effect ) and are usually triggered by impact detonators a short distance from the target.
- Projectile-forming charges that use a principle similar to that of the hollow charge. However, the ignition distance from the target is a multiple of the shaped charge. An aerodynamically stable penetrator is formed that can be fired over greater distances.
- Squeeze-head projectiles that do not penetrate the armor but explode on the surface. The resulting shock wave breaks off splinters on the inside, which are intended to kill the crew or trigger secondary explosions.
There are many variants of the individual types of ammunition and also mixed forms. For example, the tank grenade 39 is designed as a projectile, but like an HE grenade also contains a small amount of explosive in order to be detonated after penetrating the target surface.
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