Re: Aircraft weapons
Look up the book by Bill Gunston called,
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Armament
ISBN# 0-517-56607-9
On the A-10 he mentions TWO AP rounds, one tungsten core (AP-T) and one DU (API). These are in addition to the HEI and practice rounds.
The AP-T round would match up very nicely with the 69mm pen figure. The tiny German 28mm sPzB 41 could pen 66mm at 500 meters so why put that monster 30mm gun in any aircraft?
thatguy96,
Tungsten tends to blunt its own tip and even shatter at very high velocities while a DU round self sharpens until it penetrates or runs out of energy and destroys itself.
As far as the EFVs Bushmaster it may indeed be armed with a DU round. But on this Im not sure. Is the LAV 25 armed with DU rounds for its 25mm?
As far as guns aboard ships DU was deemed unnecessary. It was even pulled from the load out for the Phalanx system.
The MK44 may even end up on an improved Bradly!
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