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APFSDS. Sabot is French for shoe, and the long rod penetrator has to sit in a shoe to travel through the.barrel and also ensure obturation of the gasses behind it.

Once shoe has left the barrel the 3 petals are split apart by air resistance and the Dart is then fin stabilised through the air on route to target end.

The dart isn't breaking up whilst hitting the anvil, it's penetrating the anvil whilst becoming smaller .

As each tip is being ground down, a new tip is formed pushing deeper until the rod gets through or runs out metal.

The metal being tungsten carbide with a zirconium tip and outer layer.

Most tanks are dead with a clean strike to the turret. It's not the dart entering the tank that kills, it's the over pressure that turns everyone into jelly and liquid shit. In the Gulf war when Depleted uranium tips were used, they would penetrate straight through both sides and suck the crew out through the exit hole. Who thought being a tanker was better than dodging bullets on ya feet.

Sabot's kick butt!

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