Armor-piercing discarding sabot is a type of spin-stabilized kinetic energy projectile for anti-armor warfare. Each projectile consists of a sub-caliber round fitted with a sabot. The combination of a
British soldiers manning a 76.2 mm Ordnance QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun during World War II. Third soldier from the left is holding an APDS round.
APDS projectile with tungsten core for a British WW2 76.2 mm Ordnance QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun
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Armour-piercing ammunition is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour, including naval armour, vehicle armour, and body armour.
Armour-piercing discarding sabot
…dense material. For a given caliber, APDS ammunition can effectively double the armor penetration of a gun when compared to full-caliber rounds such as AP, Armor-piercing Capped (APC), and Armor piercing Capped Ballistic Cap (APCBC) projectiles. APDS-rounds were commonly used in large caliber tank guns…
Steel plates penetrated in tests by naval artillery, 1867
British naval 15-inch (381 mm) capped armour-piercing high explosive shell with ballistic cap (APHECBC), 1943
German Armour-Piercing, Composite Non-Rigid projectile
French armour-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding sabot projectile