Armor-piercing Capability of Tungsten Alloy Penetrators

Kinetic energy penetrator armor-piercing capability (speed, quality) and artillery material determines their physical properties when the shells hit the target. The kinetic energy depends on the speed and quality at speeds in certain circumstances, be increased to increase the quality of artillery projectile kinetic energy penetrators therefore generally made ​​of high density, hard, high temperature metals. At present the material more widely used is tungsten alloy and depleted uranium, but because depleted uranium has a radiation, so use less.

Promote the progress of science and technology to gradually increase the power of the penetrator. In evaluating the piercing armor-piercing capability, the standard is much more commonly used military homogeneous steel armor piercing mm depth equivalent. In World War II, the most famous German 88MM gun fired projectile can penetrate 200MM homogenous steel armor. Currently, tungsten alloy penetrators German L55120MM caliber tank gun fired homogenous steel armor can breakdown 810MM on the 2000M distance; in China, 99 tanks equipped with a tungsten alloy penetrators 125MM artillery fired on with a 850 mm armor-piercing capability same distance.




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