armour-piercing weapon

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• Armour-piercing discarding sabot — A Phalanx Mk149 APDS discarding its sabot and petals Armour piercing discarding sabot (APDS) is a type of kinetic energy projectile fired from a gun to attack armoured targets. APDS rounds are sabot rounds and were commonly used in large calibre… …   Wikipedia

• armour — /ahr meuhr/, n. Chiefly Brit. armor. Usage. See our. * * * or body armour Protective clothing that can shield the wearer from weapons and projectiles. By extension, armour is also protective covering for animals, vehicles, and so on. Prehistoric… …   Universalium

• Armour — /ahr meuhr/, n. Philip Danforth /dan fawrth, fohrth/, 1832 1901, U.S. meat packing industrialist. * * * or body armour Protective clothing that can shield the wearer from weapons and projectiles. By extension, armour is also protective covering… …   Universalium

• Pole weapon — A selection of polearms, mostly halberds A pole weapon or polearm is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, thereby extending the user s effective range. Spears …   Wikipedia

• Close-in weapon system — Phalanx CIWS A close in weapon system (CIWS), often pronounced sea whiz, is a naval shipboard point defense weapon for detecting and destroying at short range incoming anti ship missiles and enemy aircraft which have penetrated the outer defenses …   Wikipedia

• Sloped armour — is armour that is neither vertical nor horizontal and is typically mounted on tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs). For a given normal to the surface of the armour, its plate thickness, increasing armour slope improves the armour s… …   Wikipedia

• nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …   Universalium

• CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon — Developed and produced by Textron Defense Systems, the CBU 97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a United States Air Force 1,000 pound class (450 kg) non guided (freefall) cluster bomb, hence the name CBU (Cluster Bomb Unit).OverviewThe CBU 97 consists of an …   Wikipedia

• Lethal Weapon 3 (soundtrack) — Infobox Album Name = Lethal Weapon 3 Type = soundtrack Longtype = Artist = Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn, Sting, Elton John, The Los Angeles Motion Picture All Stars Orchestra Released = June 9, 1992 Recorded = Genre = Orchestral,… …   Wikipedia

• Mail (armour) — Chainmail redirects here. For other uses, see Chainmail (disambiguation). Maille redirects here. For one of several French villages, see Maillé (disambiguation). Maille redirects here. For the French mustard company, see Maille (company). Riveted …   Wikipedia

• Reactive armour — M60A1 Patton tank with Israeli Blazer ERA. A …   Wikipedia