Re: [HOE] Armor-piercing question

["doyle erin west" <westfam@the-i.net>]

ummm I think europe has a 9 mm Sabot round.  I could be wrong, and i'm a bit
fuzzy on the detalis, but if memory serves, it was intended to be a service
round to defeat flack jackets.  or something like that.  Very fuzzy.
anyway, it was made to be fired from standard 9 mm pistoles, and I assume
SMG's.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Davidson, RN" <goofazoid@earthlink.net>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [HOE] Armor-piercing question


> <SNIP>
> > If the round is actually larger, then you have a few more options
available
> > to you.   You can use discarding sabot rounds, which have a large
'glove'
> (just to be accurate Sabot if French for shoe...)
> > which surrounds a smaller, sub-calibre penetrator, and which is
jettisoned
> > during the round's flight towards the target.
> >
> actually you don't have to have a larger round to go with FSDS (Fin
> Stabilized, Discarding Sabot) there is currently a 30-06 FSDS in
> production, and the army is considering a next generation assault rifle
> that fires a 7.62mm FSDS (the penatrator is very small BTW but hits very
> hard)
> --
> -Steve
> "The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!"
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