Sabot (firearms)
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A sabot is a supportive device used in firearm/artillery ammunitions to fit/patch around a projectile, such as a bullet/slug or a flechette-like projectile, and keep it aligned in the center of the ba
Lead bullet being supported by a wooden cup sabot in a Delvigne gun
Sabot shell with cup sabot for an 1824 Paixhans gun
Series of individual 1/1,000,000 second exposures showing shotgun firing shot and expanding cup sabot separation
.30-06 cartridge with expanding cup sabot projectile
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
Sabot (firearms)
…is a more substantial structural component of the in-bore projectile configuration. Refer to the two armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) pictures to see the substantial material nature of a sabot to fill the bore diameter around the sub-caliber arrow-type flight projectile, compared to…
Modern 120 mm tank gun shells