Abstract

Ammunition used by modern tanks is generally designed to fight strongly armour cladded vehicles and concentrated groups of infantry. Deployment of strongly armour cladded combat vehicles to special missions and asymmetrical conflicts is useful due to their resistance against firing by the infantry. The optimisation of used ammunition and often the development of completely new types is required for efficient use of tanks. The paper presents some studies on selected options of 120 mm kinetic energy fragmentating projectile (PELE) which can be successfully used in urban areas. A review of accessible scientific data was made to analyse possibilities for using some types of materials as components of these projectiles. Projectile’s shell was made of 1045 steel, and the cores were made of aluminium 1050 or polyamide 12.

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