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armor-piercing shell

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Also known as AP shell

type of ammunition designed to penetrate armor

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Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval armour, body armour, and vehicle armour.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “armor-piercing shell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.