Abstract
By employing the theoretical model of a rigid sharp-nosed projectile perforating the ductile metallic target plate, the present paper re-analyzes the previously published experimental data of APM2 bullet and its hard steel core perforating aluminum armor plates and high-strength steel plates, respectively. Although the bullet deforms during the perforation, the test confirms that the hard steel core dominates in the perforation but the brass jacket, lead cap and end cap only have limited influence on the ballistics. Therein the perforation model of a rigid sharp-nosed projectile may be conducted to analyze the perforation of APM2 bullet. With increasing the thickness of ductile metallic target plate, the inertia effect of target will arise and obviously affect the terminal ballistics. The inertia effect of target must be considered in the scenario of thick target plate.
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