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JaM said:
Rusian BK-29 was the first, and it is in service since 1993(with T-90)
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OK fair enough but I've also found this......
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/tank/type96.asp
The Type 96 has an indigenous smoothbore 125mm/48-calibre gun with
autoloader of Russian 2A46M design. By introducing the autoloader to reduce
the crew to three men, more rounds are available for the higher rate of
fire. The tank can carry 42 rounds, 22 of them stored in the carousel of the
autoloader, and the gun can fire at 6~8 rounds per minute.
The main gun is capable firing APFSDS, HEAT, and HEAT-FRAG. The more recent
BK-27 HEAT round offers a triple-shaped charge warhead and increased
penetration against conventional armour and explosive reactive armour (ERA).
The BK-29 round, with a hard penetrator in the nose is specially designed
for use against reactive armour, and as an MP round has fragmentation
effects.
and this
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/type-85.htm
......the Type 85-III, incorporates features also found in the newer Type 90 tank, including a larger 120mm smooth bore main gun capable of firing APFSDS, HEAT, and HEAT-FRAG. The more recent BK-27 HEAT round offers a triple-shaped charge warhead and increased penetration against conventional armors and ERA. The BK-29 round, with a hard penetrator in the nose is designed for use against reactive armor, and as an MP round has fragmentation effects. If the BK-29 HEAT-MP is used, it may substitute for Frag-HE (as with NATO countries) or complement Frag-HE. With three round natures (APFSDS-T, HEAT-MP, ATGMs) in the autoloader vs four, more antitank rounds would available for the higher rate of fire. A stabilized image intensification sights allows it to engage moving targets while in motion. A GEC-Marconi Centaur fire control system is available. British Barr and Stroud thermal based FCS can be fitted. The Type 85-III uses modular composite armor, and some reports suggest the incorporation of reactive armor.
and this
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/200...f-iceberg.html
Nor indeed are these the most deadly devices in the Iraqi theatre. Not least
of these is the standard BK-29 HEAT-MP round, a 125mm Russian shell used by
the T 72 tank. In dumps and caches all over Iraq, there are estimated
hundreds of thousands of these shells, already in the hand of insurgents.
One of these shells, suitably positioned, and detonated by a remote device,
can easily take out an Abrams or Challenger Main Battle Tank and, indeed,
several Abrams have been lost to these and similar devices - one only last
month.
So it would seem that this thing is available to just about anyone anywhere using the 125mm gun ( NOT just the T-90 )after the mind 1990's
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Anyone got other info???
Don
Re: WinSPMBTver3.0 Info
) OTOH the HESH shell doesn't produce much splinters whereas many HEAT rounds do despite smaller charge - IMO this would offset the effects of both rounds so that both would be less successfull in infantry killing than HE-FRAG of the same caliber.
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