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France Introduces an Improved APFSDS Long-Rod Penetrator Tank Ammo

Nexter Munitions is introducing the SHARD as an improved Armor-Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) tank ammunition for the NATO standard 120mm smoothbore tank gun. Following completion of design optimization in 2021, and industrial qualification in 2022, SHARD will be ready for mass production by the end of 2022.

ATK, ADG team to Modernize Stocks of Aging Tank Ammo

Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) and Allied Defense Group, Inc. (AMEX:ADG are teaming to modernize tank ammunition introducing Insensitive Munition (IM) based propellants and explosives....

Merkava Mk 4 – Firepower Improvements

Heavyweights are Adapting to LIC Start < Page 2 of 5 > Further improving the crew and commander's operational capability under armor protection, the commander's position has been...

Improved Ammunition for the 120mm Tank Gun – 2006 Eurosatory Exhibition

To better prepare the Leclerc tanks to cope with asymmetric and urban warfare, the French Army is buying 1,000 new 120mm HE-T Mk II...

Advanced Tank Ammunition

New trends in tank ammunition also reflect the shift from full scale high intensity wars to low intensity, asymmetric conflicts. More range, higher precision...

PELE/ALP Enhanced Tube-Fired Ammunition

PELE and ALP technologies significantly enhance the effectiveness and versatility of existing tube-fired ammunition (tank projectiles, artillery shells and rockets). Penetrator with Enhanced Lateral Effect...

Tank Firepower Adapted for Urban Warfare

Start < Page 4 of 6 > The tank's most powerful weapon is its main armament, the 120mm HV gun, but a high velocity cannon is not...

SPAR Gun Launched Beam-riding Anti-Tank Missile

Diehl Munitionsysteme is developing a semi-autonomous beam-rider guided ammunition for tank guns, at caliber 105 / 120mm. The guidance will improve the hit probability...

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