Post on 09-Oct-2015
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USEFor use with 105mm tank guns - US M68, UK L7 and French CN105F1, toprovide cost effective marksmanship and live fire training of gun crews.
DESCRIPTIONThe projectile consists of a sub-projectile and sabot. The sub-projectile comprises a Cone Stabilized steel rod and a tracerassembled in the cone tail. The sub-projectile is contained in a 3-piecealuminium Discarding Sabot, held in place with a plastic band at the for-ward end and a plastic obturating band at the rear end of the sabot. The projectile is crimped to the cartridge case, which is loaded with coolburning, multi-perforated, loose propellant, and is fitted with an electricprimer and a wear reducing liner. This round is similar, in appearanceand ballistic performance, to the MECAR 105mm APFSDS-T M1060round as well as most other existing APFSDS-T rounds, up to a range of2.5 kms.
The Cone Tail design ensures that the maximum range of the projectileis less than 10 kms.
105mmTANK AMMUNITION105mm Tk TPCSDS-T M1057