• Defence Notes

  India clears military projects worth billions

  10th November 2016

  The Indian defence ministry has cleared projects worth $12.4 billion (Rs 82,117 crore) to buy fighter aircraft, tanks, rocket systems, helicopters and UAVs, as the …

• Land Warfare

  Zhuhai 2016: China shows off brawn

  9th November 2016

  The variety of armoured vehicles on display at the 11th Zhuhai Air Show in southern China was dazzling, as China South Industries Group Corporation and …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory: New Centauro II rides in

  16th June 2016

  The new Centauro II 8x8 mobile gun system (MGS), armed with a 120 mm main gun, was unveiled by CIO (the Iveco–Oto Melara Consortium) at …

• Land Warfare

  PLA expands Type 09 family

  7th September 2015

  China boasted that 84% of the equipment participating in its military parade in Tiananmen Square on 3 September had never been publicly seen before. Among …

• Land Warfare

  MCV to deploy on Honshu

  8th July 2015

  The Japan Ground Self-Defence Force has revealed that its Manoeuvre Combat Vehicle (MCV), which will enter service next year, will replace some of its existing main …

• Land Warfare

  China developing new tank gun

  27th June 2015

  China is developing a new 125mm tank gun, according to an article published by Popular Science on 20 June 2015. The 127th Ordnance Institute at …

• Land Warfare

  Russian army to purchase new SP antitank guns

  20th November 2014

  The Russian Ministry of Defence plans to purchase up to 30 upgraded 2S25 Sprut SD 125mm self-propelled anti-tank guns (SPATG) by the end of December.  …

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Unguided Tank Ammunition

  120mm APFSDS SHARD

  The 120mm Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) Solution for Hardened Armour Defeat (SHARD), manufactured by KNDS, is the latest generation of high-velocity APFSDS ...

• Unguided Tank Ammunition

  APFSDS-T

  The 125mm Armour Piercing, Fin-Stabilised, Discarding-Sabot Tracer (APFSDS-T) tank cartridge, manufactured by Elbit Systems, high-velocity flat-trajectory APFSDS-T cartridge. The round is also called the M711 ...

• Unguided Medium Calibre Ammunition

  APFSDS-T Ammunition

  Rheinmetall’s APFSDS-T is available in 25 mm x 137, 30 mm x 173 and as ballistically matched practice ammunition.

• Unguided Medium Calibre Ammunition

  25mm Tungsten Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot-Tracer

  The 25mm Tungsten Armor Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T) is a 25mm medium calibre round manufactured by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems for ...

• Unguided Medium Calibre Ammunition

  XM1170 Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot with Trace (APFSDS-T)

  The XM1170 Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot with Trace (APFSDS-T) is a 30mm round developed by General Dynamics Mission Systems.

• Unguided Medium Calibre Ammunition

  35x228 APFSDS-T

  The 35mm x 228 APFSDS-T, produced by Rheinmettal, is an armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding-sabot training round. The tungsten alloy ammunition has four fins for aerodynamic stability. 

• Unguided Tank Ammunition

  120mm APFSDS

  The 120mm Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot (APFSDS), manufactured by KNDS, is a tank ammunition designed to defeat heavily armoured vehicles, such as main ...

• Unguided Tank Ammunition

  KE-W A1 Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T)

  The KE-W A1 Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T) is a 120mm tank round jointly manufactured by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical systems and Rheinmetall.

• Unguided Tank Ammunition

  KE-W A2 Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T)

  The KE-W A2 Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T) is a 120mm tank round manufactured by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems. 

• Unguided Medium Calibre Ammunition

  XM1172 Target Practice Discarding Sabot with Trace (TPDS-T)

  The XM1172 Target Practice Discarding Sabot with Trace (TPDS-T) is a training variant of the XM1170 APFSDS-T developed by General Dynamics Mission Systems for the US Army.

• Unguided Tank Ammunition

  M829A4 Armor Piercing, Fin Stabilized, Discarding Sabot – Tracer (APFSDS-T)

  The M829A4 Armor Piercing, Fin Stabilized, Discarding Sabot – Tracer (APFSDS-T) is a 120mm tank round manufactured by Northrop Grumman. It is designed for use by ...

• Unguided Tank Ammunition

  KE-W A4 Armor-Piercing, Fin Stabilized, Discarding-Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T)

  The KE-W A4 Armor-Piercing, Fin Stabilized, Discarding-Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T), also known as the DM63A1, is 120mm amour penetrating tank round manufactured by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical ...

• Unguided Tank Ammunition

  DM73

  The 120mm × 570 armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (APFSDS) DM73 is a kinetic-energy (KE) round with an enhanced propulsion unit. It is produced by Rheinmetall ...

• Unguided Medium Calibre Ammunition

  MK258 Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot - Tracer (APFSDS-T)

  The MK258 Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot - Tracer (APFSDS-T) is a 30mm medium calibre round produced by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems ...

• Unguided Tank Ammunition

  DM63A1

  The 120mm x 570 armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (APFSDS) DM63A1 round is the predecessor to the DM73 produced by Rheinmetall. The round is temperature-independent, high-performance, ...