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Last edited Mon Sep 21, 2015, 08:35 PM - Edit history (1)
An armor-piercing shell must withstand the shock of punching through armor plating. Shells designed for this purpose have a greatly strengthened case with a specially hardened and shaped nose, and a much smaller bursting charge. Some smaller-caliber AP shells have an inert filling, or incendiary charge in place of the HE bursting charge.
ETA: Thanks to oneshooter for pointing out that "shells" are for large caliber arty.
Examples (of rifle rounds) would be the .338 Lapua, .50 BMG and .30-06 Springfield.
A sniper favorite during recent conflicts is the Raufoss Mk 211.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor-piercing_shot_and_shell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raufoss_Mk_211
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