15:26 Apr 13, 2021 |
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / sub-caliber ammunition | |||||||
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rod Explanation: "barreau de pénétration formé par explosion - long rod explosively formed penetrator" "La charge antichar sera un long barreau de pénétration formé par explosion qui sera éjecté vers le bas au moment du passage à la verticale... The top-attack payload is for use against tanks, and takes the form of a forward-folding long rod explosively formed penetrator which is fired downward as the round overflies its target." https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?l... "Examples range from the simple spin-stabilized slug of a 30-mm cannon to fin-stabilized projectiles that consist of a long, steel-tipped penetrator rod and a sabot that falls free of the penetrator after it is tired" https://library.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/getfile?00326856.pdf (with diagrams) The penetrator rod has a conical point and has fletch-like fins attached to form an arrow-like projectile surrounded by the sabot. |
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