armor-piercing
Cuts through metal
Armor-piercing describes ammunition or weapons designed to penetrate protective plating on vehicles, ships, or fortifications.
The term applies to specialized rounds with hardened cores or shaped charges that concentrate force: armor-piercing bullets, armor-piercing shells.
Often abbreviated AP in military contexts.
Carved wooden footwear
- penetratorSomething that enters forcefully
- roundCurved like circle
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
shell · slug · tracer · incendiary · API · ball · magazine · belt-fed
Designed to destroy armor
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- cannonLarge mounted gun
howitzer · ordnance · artillery · HEAT · fire-and-forget · guided · unguided · ballistic
Enter or pass through
- breachBreaking of agreement
- perforateMake holes through
- punctureHole from penetration
- defeatVictory over another
spall · fragment · ricochet · deflect · standoff · impact · terminal · kinetic
sabot
Carved wooden footwear
- penetratorSomething that enters forcefully
- roundCurved like circle
- projectileLaunched airborne object
cartridge · shell · slug · tracer · incendiary · API · ball · magazine · belt-fed · linked
anti-tank
Designed to destroy armor
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
cannon · howitzer · ordnance · artillery · HEAT · fire-and-forget · guided · unguided · ballistic
penetrate
Enter or pass through
defeat · spall · fragment · ricochet · deflect · standoff · impact · terminal · kinetic · cavity
wolfram
Element seventy-four
core · jacket · cap · nose · ogive · aerodynamic · density · hardness · ductility
tank
Large storage vessel
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
reinforced · concrete · plate · hull · turret · glacis · ERA · ceramic · cage · appliqué
- ammunitionammunition, ammo, bullet, bullets, shells
- weapon traitsaccuracy, damage, range, recoil, durability
- ballisticsballistics, bullet, bullet drop, cartridge, trajectory
armor-piercingblunt
Dull or tactlessly direct
ball · standard · rubber · deflectable · non-lethal
armor-piercingexpanding
Growing in scope
fragmenting · anti-personnel · dum-dum · mushrooming · incapacitating
armor-piercinganti-personnel
Designed to injure humans
fragmentation · incendiary · tracer · explosive · high-explosive
armor, piercing, pierce, pierced, armory, armors, pierces, piercingly, armoured