Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot, long dart penetrator, or simply dart ammunition is a type of kinetic energy penetrator ammunition used to attack modern vehicle armour. As an armament
Modern 120 mm tank gun shells
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A flechette or fléchette is a pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile. The name comes from French fléchette, meaning "little arrow" or "dart". They have been used as ballistic weapons since World War
Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot
…that can be lethal to troops and damaging to light vehicles. For this reason, tank gunners have to be aware of danger to nearby troops. The saboted flechette was the counterpart of APFSDS in rifle ammunition. A rifle for firing flechettes, the Special Purpose Individual Weapon, was under development for the…
World War I air dropped flechettes, most likely French
Two designs of the Lazy Dog bomb. (Top: early forged steel design; Bottom: later lathe-turned steel design)
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