ballistic cap — noun : a hollow metal cap placed over an armor piercing cap to continue the ogival curve of the head of the projectile and reduce the resistance to the air … Useful english dictionary
Ballistic Recovery Systems — Industry Aerospace Founded 1980 Founder(s) Boris Popov … Wikipedia
Glossary of military abbreviations — List of terms, acronyms, information, related to modern armour, artillery, infantry, weapons, and related military subject matter.* AA anti aircraft * AAA anti aircraft artillery Triple A * AAAV Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle * AAD Armoured… … Wikipedia
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
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
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
ISU-152 — The first ISU 152, in the courtyard of Factory No. 100, 1943 Type Self propelled gun Place of o … Wikipedia
15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette — Infobox Weapon name=15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 caption= origin=Germany type=heavy gun is ranged= is bladed= is explosive= is artillery=yes is vehicle= is UK= service= used by=flag|Nazi Germany wars=World War II designer=Rheinmetall design date=… … Wikipedia
APDSFS — Ein Wuchtgeschoss ist eine Munition, die allein die kinetische Energie (KE) seines Projektils nutzt, um die Zieloberfläche wie beispielsweise eine Panzerung zu durchdringen. Im Geschoss selbst wird deswegen auf Sprengstoff und Zünder verzichtet … Deutsch Wikipedia
APFSDS — Ein Wuchtgeschoss ist eine Munition, die allein die kinetische Energie (KE) seines Projektils nutzt, um die Zieloberfläche wie beispielsweise eine Panzerung zu durchdringen. Im Geschoss selbst wird deswegen auf Sprengstoff und Zünder verzichtet … Deutsch Wikipedia
