I contacted Tony Williams in regard to the DU ammo fired by the Gau 8. Mr Williams has published a number of books on weaponry. This is his reply
(A bit of background. in one posting I found on a message board the poster claimed the DU round....."A 1,000M the current round will penetrate almost 200mm of RHA(steel) plate"....and Tony had posted other info later and that was how I found his website so Tonys comment about the 200mm comes from that. )
Don
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Tony Williams said:
It's quite difficult to get any firm comparative information on the penetration abilities of this round. However, the APFSDS rounds recently developed for the same cartridge for use in AFV guns like the US MK44 and the Mauser MK 30 are reckoned to penetrate around 90-100mm/1,500m/60 degrees. There is no way that any of these could penetrate anything like 200mm armour, and they would be considerably more effective than the API.
I have no reason to question the FAS figures, although I'm not sure of the striking angle used.
As a matter of interest, in early firing tests by an A-10 against a T-62 tank at ranges of 500-1,340m, only about 10% of the shots fired actually hit the tank (they have much better sights now) and of the ones which hit, only 20% penetrated the armour, although others damaged the track and suspension.
Tony Williams
Homepage: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk
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