Re: Artillery Guns and Howitzers with direct fire
With a few (mostly Russian) exceptions artillery isn't used for direct fire work these days so there's rarely much in the way of AT type ammo available for them, perhaps HEAT but rarely AP or SABOT.
Not to say they aren't occasionally used for direct fire at need (say when being overrun) or in unusual instances (I recall they used 8in howitzers vs some bunkers on the Sigfried Line).
I'm not even sure if the US 105mm howitzer can even fire the ammo used by the M60 tank.
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