Holds 1100 Tungsten Balls, M1028 Shotgun Shell for M1 Tank

The M1028 is a 120mm shotgun shell for the M1 tank. The shell holds 1100 10mm tungsten balls. They are lethal up to 700m (765 yards). The M1028 Canister Cartridge was developed for close-in defense of tanks against massed assaulting infantry attack and to break up infantry concentrations, between a range of 200-500 meters, by discharging large numbers of tungsten balls from the main cannon.

The US M1 series main battle tank used a 105 mm caliber rifled gun when it was released to the world. Until many years later, it replaced by a 120 mm caliber M256 smoothbore gun. There are only two types of shells for 120mm caliber artillery, which are HEAT and APFSDS, which has led to the lack of suitable shells for anti-infantry operations.

Although the main task of tanks during the Cold War was anti-tank, when facing enemy infantry, appropriate anti-personnel weapons were still necessary. Coaxial machine guns and captain machine guns could be destroyed easily, In January of 1999, the US military stationed in South Korea faced a possible human-sea tactical attack and issued a message that the Korean theater needed a short-range (100-300m) tank fired anti-personnel cartridge.

The research of the projectile was finished in 2002, which i named of M1028 anti-personnel shotgun for M1 tank. It reached the "Milestone C" in December 2004, that is, it entered the stage of mass production. The US Army initially had high requirements for the killing effect of this artillery shell, when facing an enemy infantry squad, one shot of the shotgun needed to paralyze the opposing party by more than 50% of its combat effectiveness, and when facing an enemy infantry platoon, two rounds need to annihilate more than 50% of the enemies.

The M1028 anti-personnel shotgun of the M1 tank did not trigger fuse, and the range of the flying distance the artillery barrel depends on air resistance. A shell is loaded with up to 1100 10 mm tungsten balls, which can easily penetrate any body armor currently in service around the world.

When testing with a car, the car was penetrated from front to rear, the car decimated by the shotgun of the M1 tank with tungsten balls impact and then consumed by the ensuing fire. At present, this type of shell has become the standard for American armored forces in fighting. Facing a mass of armed men armed with RPGs, the M1028 anti-personnel shotgun can kill the enemy quickly and effectively when the enemy is in the close-up blast, thus ensuring the safety of armored soldiers.

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