In 1965 a Russian scientist proposed that a shaped charge originally developed for piercing thick steel armor be adapted to the task of accelerating shock waves.

Cylindrical implosive configurations had been studied by Seth Neddermeyer, but von Neumann, who had experience with shaped charges used in armor piercing ammunition, was a vocal advocate of spherical implosion driven by explosive lenses.

They were fighting in a ford, and Ferdiad had the upper hand ; Cúchulainn's charioteer, Láeg, floated the Gáe Bulg down the stream to his master, who cast it into Ferdiad's body, piercing the warrior's armor and " coursing through the highways and byways of his body so that every single joint filled with barbs.

Military armor piercing small arms ammunition is made from a copper jacketed steel core ; the steel resists deformation better than the usual soft lead core leading to greater penetration.

The current NATO 5. 56 mm SS109 ( M855 ) bullet uses a steel tipped lead core to improve penetration, the steel tip providing resistance to deformation for armor piercing, and the heavier lead core ( 25 % heavier than the previous bullet, the M193 ) providing increased sectional density for better penetration in soft targets.

Subsequent ammunition developments resulted in the M919 APFSDS-T ( Armor-Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot with Tracer ) round, which contains a finned depleted uranium penetrator similar in concept to armor piercing munitions used in modern tanks.

Such a weapon was capable of piercing textile, mail, and even plate armor.

The precise definition of an autocannon is often confusing, as there are other weapons which fulfill much of the criteria that define it, however a useful definition is that an autocannon is a large machine gun that fires an armor piercing, explosive, or other-filled shell, whereas a true machine gun fires a solid bullet only.

* Anti-materiel rifle, a large-calibre rifle capable of piercing thick armor

The large caliber guns were designed to fire two different shells: an armor piercing round for anti-ship and anti-structure work, and a high explosive round designed for use against unarmored targets and shore bombardment.

The M3 differed slightly from this pattern having a main gun which could fire an armor-piercing projectile at a velocity high enough for efficiently piercing armor, as well as deliver a high-explosive shell that was large enough to be effective.

These large cartridges are required to be able to fire projectiles containing payloads such as explosives, armor piercing cores, incendiaries or combinations of these, such as the Raufoss Mk211 projectile.

As was common during WWII, the thin-skinned destroyers weren't tough enough to detonate armor piercing ammunition designed to penetrate heavily armored battleships.

Both velocity and the strength of a bullet's core are the two most significant factors in determining whether a bullet has armor piercing capabilities.

Several sub-types of the NATO 25 mm ammunition are available — the most common being armor piercing, high explosive, sabot, tracer, and practice rounds.

It fires a 15. 2 × 169 mm armor piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot round ( 207 mm long ), and is the first man-portable rifle to use this type of ammunition.

It contains a dart-shaped penetrator of either tungsten carbide or depleted uranium, capable of piercing 40 mm of rolled homogeneous armor at a range of 1, 000 m, and causing secondary fragmentation.

Proceeding, Abhimanyu defeats all the Maharathis on a one on one battle, hightlights including Abhimanyu piercing the armor of Karna, injuring Salya, the king of Madra so

30 mm ammunition generally comes in three varieties: armor piercing ( AP ), high explosive ( HE ), and training rounds.

It is designed to fire the M735A1 armor piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot, which can penetrate a maximum of 370 mim ( 14. 6 inches ) at 1, 000 meters ( 3, 280. 8 ft ).

An air burst is the detonation of an explosive device such as an anti-personnel artillery shell or a nuclear weapon in the air instead of on contact with the ground or target or a delayed armor piercing explosion.

" She orders her woman warriors to take the city's battlements and they fight well, taking many injuries from arrows and quarrels piercing the soft gold metal of their armor.

Her main weapon is her machine gun which fires armor piercing rounds.

It could fire armor piercing or explosive 25 mm grenades at a cyclic rate of 260 rounds per minute, and had an effective range up to 2 kilometers.

* Crusher-Related to the dustpan, the crusher uses a hydraulic cylinder attached to a sharp piercing arm to pin and slowly penetrate the usually weak top armor of the opponent.

* Exclusion from purchase and possession of firearms, ammunition and body armor

In the 1990s and 2000s, as body armor became increasingly common on battlefields, the machine pistol became less useful in a military setting, because its low-powered pistol ammunition is not able to penetrate ceramic-plated Kevlar military vests.

In the 1970s, the Pentagon reported that the Soviet military had developed armor plating for Warsaw Pact tanks that NATO ammunition could not penetrate.

This includes increased armor, redesigned ( safer ) internal stowage arrangement for ammunition and equipment, engine and suspension upgrades, and product improvement of the M284 cannon and M182A1 mount.

Shoulder pads, kevlar-like vests, metal-plated armor, knee and elbow pads, heavy-duty belts, and ammunition pouches were common features.

An armor-piercing ( AP ) shell is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate armor.

Armor-piercing cartridges are also available as small arms ammunition, primarily for use as an anti-matériel round or to defeat body armor.

A January 2007 article in the Chicago Sun-Times reported that gang members in the military are involved in the theft and sale of military weapons, ammunition, and equipment, including body armor.

extra health, armor, ammunition and other ( more powerful than default ) weapons.

The Swiss military actually redesigned their 5. 56 mm assault rifle bullet to prevent this, to more fully comply with the spirit of the Hague Convention, though according to some sources the present GP90 5. 56x45mm Swiss assault rifle ammunition was actually designed as an armor-piercing bullet, because in the 1980s it was perceived that the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact allies were going to issue soft body armor to infantry units on a wide basis, but after the end of the Cold War, the Bofors corporation, having spent a great deal of money on developing the new bullet, changed the sales pitch in order to sell it to the Swiss government.

The use of aluminum armor and the storage of large quantities of ammunition in the vehicle initially raised questions about its combat survivability.

Post-war ISU-152 modernisation included installation of night vision sights, replacing of the V-2IS engine with the V-54K, the 12. 7 machine gun was replaced by a newer variant, the ammunition capacity increased to 30 rounds, additional armor, automotive improvements and significant increase of the main fuel capacity.

The armor of the M22 in several areas was found to be so thin that it was incapable of even resisting the armor-piercing ammunition of a. 50 caliber machine-gun.

Its main failings were comparatively thin side armor, limited ammunition stowage, poor gun traverse, poor internal layout that made operating the vehicle difficult, as well as torsion bars and drive wheels that were prone to failure due to the increased weight.

The proliferation of high-quality body armor has begun to make guns that fire pistol ammunition ( such as Heckler & Koch's earlier MP5 submachine gun or USP pistol ) ineffective.

In response to this trend, Heckler & Koch designed the MP7 ( along with the now cancelled UCP pistol, which uses the same ammunition ) to penetrate body armor, but small enough to be used in place of either a pistol or a submachine gun.

Abe apparently was surprised by the proximity of the U. S. ships and with decks stacked high with high explosive ( vs. armor penetrating ) munitions could not decide if he should momentarily withdraw to give his battleships time to change from bombardment ammunition to anti-ship ammunition or to continue onward.

He planned to use the new 2, 000 hp Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp XR-2800-21, eighteen cylinder, two-row radial engine, which was the largest and most powerful aircraft engine ever developed in the United States. 2 The new design would incorporate eight 0. 50 inch machine guns, additional ammunition, increased fuel capacity and armor protection for the pilot.

It is expected to have a more powerful engine, improved armor, main gun and autoloader, with ammunition storage separated from the crew.

The second tier is third generation Kontakt-5 ERA ( explosive reactive armor ) which significantly degrades the penetrating power of kinetic-energy APFSDS ammunition and also these ERA blocks give the turret its distinctive angled " clam shell " appearance.

This man wears no body armor, and is armed only with an M60 machine gun, and he carries two separate belts of 7. 62mm machine gun ammunition draped and criss-crossed over his torso.