armour-piercing
Defeats protective plating
Armour-piercing describes ammunition or weapons designed to penetrate protective plating on vehicles, ships, or fortifications: armour-piercing rounds, armour-piercing shells.
The projectiles are typically made of hardened steel or tungsten and may use explosive charges upon impact.
Also spelled armor-piercing in American English.
Fired metal projectile
- roundCurved like circle
- shellHard outer covering
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
sabot · penetrator · tungsten · depleted uranium · tracer · incendiary · hardened steel · core
Large storage vessel
- vehicleMeans of transport
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- anti-tankDesigned to destroy armor
cannon · artillery · warhead · missile · infantry · combat · battlefield · weapon system
Entry into something
- perforationHole punched through something
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- kineticRelating to motion
hardness · density · fragmentation · spalling · deformation · ricochet · angle of incidence · ballistics
bullet
Fired metal projectile
- roundCurved like circle
- shellHard outer covering
- projectileLaunched airborne object
cartridge · sabot · penetrator · tungsten · depleted uranium · tracer · incendiary · hardened steel · core · jacket
tank
Large storage vessel
- vehicleMeans of transport
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
anti-tank · cannon · artillery · warhead · missile · infantry · combat · battlefield · weapon system · defense
penetration
Entry into something
- perforationHole punched through something
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- velocityDirected rate of motion
kinetic · hardness · density · fragmentation · spalling · deformation · ricochet · angle of incidence · ballistics · energy transfer
armour-piercingFMJ
Fully jacketed projectile
blunt · frangible · rubber bullet · expanding · blank
armour-piercingarmoured
Sheathed in protective covering
bulletproof · hardened · reinforced · shielded · defensive
armour, armor, piercing, pierce, armed, arming, armament, armaments, armory