armor-piercing shell

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• armor piercing shell — shell that can penetrate armor …   English contemporary dictionary

• Armor-piercing shot and shell — [ thumb|right|250px|Armour piercing shell of the APBC 1 Light weight ballistic cap 2 Steel alloy piercing shell 3 Desensitized bursting charge (TNT, Trinitrophenol, RDX...) 4 Fuse (set with delay to explode inside the target) 5 Bourrelet (front)… …   Wikipedia

• armor piercing bullet — shell capable of piercing protective armor plating …   English contemporary dictionary

• High Explosive Incendiary/Armor Piercing Ammunition — (HEIAP) is a form of shell which combines both an armour piercing capability and a high explosive effect. In this respect it is a modern version of armour piercing shell. The ammunition may also be called Semi armor piercing high explosive… …   Wikipedia

• Shell (projectile) — This article is about the artillery projectile. For the small arms ammunition, see Shotgun shell. Some sectioned shells from the First World War. From left to right: 90 mm fragmentation shell, 120 mm pig iron incendiary shell, 77/14 model 75 mm… …   Wikipedia

• shell — n. 1) to fire a shell at 2) to fuse a shell 3) to lob a shell (our artillery was lobbing shells into enemy positions) 4) an armor piercing; high explosive; hollow charge; incendiary; mortar; smoke shell 5) shells burst * * * [ʃel] high explosive… …   Combinatory dictionary

• shell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bomb, bombard, cannonade, strafe, pepper; shuck, strip, pod, hull. See attack, divestment. n. case; carapace; husk, seashell; bomb, grenade, explosive, shrapnel, torpedo; boat, cockleshell, racing… …   English dictionary for students

• Iron Man's armor — refers to the powered metal suit worn by Tony Stark when he assumes his superhero role of Iron Man. The first version of the armor was created by Stark with the help of Ho Yinsen. Unlike most other superheroes, the appearance of Stark s armor has …   Wikipedia

• All or nothing (armor) — All or nothing is a method of armoring battleships, originally developed by the US Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The characteristic of the system was the avoidance of light or moderate thicknesses of armor; armor was used in the… …   Wikipedia

• Interceptor body armor — in M81 Woodland. Interceptor Body Armor (IBA) is the United States Army s primary bulletproof vest. The Interceptor design replaced the older fragmentation protective Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) body armor system, introduced… …   Wikipedia

• 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