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type of Cannon shells
There are various type of cannon shells, from High Explosive to Armor-Piercing. Each cannon shells have each advantages and shortcomings. Let's take a look for those shells' features.
1. High Explosive ( HE )
This type of cannon shells make a big explosion to every direction.
Because it has great explosion range, it is very useful for hostile infantry or buildings. It also effective to light armored vehicles.
But it doesn't have enough piercing power, it can not damage well-armed hostile tanks.
This cannon shells are often be used by howitzers and ship cannons.
2. Armor Piercing ( AP )
Because it has great explosion range, it is very useful for hostile infantry or buildings. It also effective to light armored vehicles.
But it doesn't have enough piercing power, it can not damage well-armed hostile tanks.
This cannon shells are often be used by howitzers and ship cannons.
2. Armor Piercing ( AP )
The most common shell, that tanks during WWI ~ WWII used this as anti-tank rounds.
For now, this type of shells are used for machine cannons, usually 30mm.
Because of the technological development, this basic shells are disappearing from most of cannon shells, even some of machine cannons are using another type of shells, that upgraded from this AP shell.
This cannon shells are often used by machine cannons.
3. Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS)
For now, this type of shells are used for machine cannons, usually 30mm.
Because of the technological development, this basic shells are disappearing from most of cannon shells, even some of machine cannons are using another type of shells, that upgraded from this AP shell.
This cannon shells are often used by machine cannons.
3. Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS)
The best cannon shell in anti-tank shells. This cannon shell is advanced version of Armor Piercing shell.
Because of the new mechanism that applied for this cannon shell, it has great piercing power, and very useful to destroy heavy armored vehicles, such as tanks.
But this shell doesn't explode, so it's no effective to infantry.
This cannon shells are often used by tanks, anti tank guns, or advanced machine cannons.
4. High Explosive Anti Tank ( HEAT )
Because of the new mechanism that applied for this cannon shell, it has great piercing power, and very useful to destroy heavy armored vehicles, such as tanks.
But this shell doesn't explode, so it's no effective to infantry.
This cannon shells are often used by tanks, anti tank guns, or advanced machine cannons.
4. High Explosive Anti Tank ( HEAT )
The most common warhead in anti-tank shells. This cannon shell is advanced version of High Explosion.
By invention of control explosion direction, this shell concentrate the explosion power in one direction, it can pierce thick armor of armored vehicles or light~medium tanks. Sometimes, it also destroy heavy tanks.
This cannon shells are often used by tanks, anti tank rockets, or anti tank missiles.
5. High Explosive Squash Head
By invention of control explosion direction, this shell concentrate the explosion power in one direction, it can pierce thick armor of armored vehicles or light~medium tanks. Sometimes, it also destroy heavy tanks.
This cannon shells are often used by tanks, anti tank rockets, or anti tank missiles.
5. High Explosive Squash Head
This kinds of shell has really unique mechanism.
This shell is another advanced version of High Explosion, and It doesn't pierced the armor.
Instead of piercing the armor, by stick to the armor with squishing head, and make great impact to the target with explosion, then kill the inner person with impact or fragment of impacted armor.
This shell was very famous during Cold War.
This cannon shells are often used by tanks.
This shell is another advanced version of High Explosion, and It doesn't pierced the armor.
Instead of piercing the armor, by stick to the armor with squishing head, and make great impact to the target with explosion, then kill the inner person with impact or fragment of impacted armor.
This shell was very famous during Cold War.
This cannon shells are often used by tanks.
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