Tank round cutaway - photo

[Altair]

Cutaway of the American M829A1 Silver Bullet armor-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding sabot (APFSDS) tank round.




Previously:

Discarding sabot dart - video
Tank shell in flight slow motion - GIF
Tank firing in slow motion - GIF
Compilation of tank autoloaders - GIF
Case shot shell cross section - photo
M190 cluster warhead cutaway - photo
WW1 artillery shell fuse cutaway - photo

[jdurand]

it unscrews itself from the sabot during flight????

[DIYSwede]

it unscrews itself from the sabot during flight????

-You're kidding us, Jerry? Check 1st vid under "Previous" under the thread vid:

Discarding sabot dart - video

-No move abroad yet? When, then?

Take care and ATB

Johan

[jdurand]

I know how a normal sabot comes off, but this doesn't look like it's segmented. Since the spike rod is threaded it looked like a possibility.

[jdurand]

further research says the sabot is either aluminum or composite depending on model and is in 3 sections.