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- Subclass of
- depleted uranium ammunition
- Country of origin
- United States
- Image
- M829.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Variants
- M829
- M829A1
- M829A2
- M829A3
- M829A4
- See also
- References
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The M829 is an American armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) kinetic energy penetrator tank round. Modeling was done at the Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, which was incorporated into the Army Research Laboratory in 1992. The round is specifically designed for the 120 mm M256 main gun on the Abrams M1A1 and M1A2 main battle tanks. The penetrator is carried by a sabot during its acceleration in the gun barrel.
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