Armor-piercing


(of bullets, artillery sh-lls, etc.) designed especially for piercing armor.
contemporary examples

and n-body needs a 30-round clip of high-velocity, steel-jacketed, armor-piercing ordnance for target shooting.
one redneck’s gun stand joe mclean february 12, 2013

evidence of execution-style gunshots with armor-piercing bullets has emerged.
ukraine is on the verge of war and putin is to blame michael weiss february 19, 2014

furthermore, the cannon and armor-piercing bombs of shturmovik ground-attack aircraft posed a mortal peril for the german tanks.
wwii’s greatest battle: how kursk changed the war andrew roberts august 30, 2013

historical examples

bombs, armor-piercing sh-lls, gas sh-lls of poisonous and corrosive fluids followed each other in close succession.
triplanetary edward elmer smith

just where would an armor-piercing steel bullet do the most harm?
valley of the croen lee tarbell

then an artillery officer said, dreamily, “the armor-piercing sh-lls the railroad guns use have lead caps.”
the onslaught from rigel fletcher pratt

equally interesting was the construction of the armor-piercing bullet.
america’s munitions 1917-1918 benedict crowell

tell how to distinguish from the painting of projectiles used, its kind, armor-piercing quality, and nature of bursting charge.
the gunner’s examiner harold e. cloke

they were proof against the ordinary bullet but not against the armor-piercing.
war in the garden of eden kermit roosevelt

our armor-piercing bullet was made with a cupr-nickel jacket for the sake of the gun barrel.
america’s munitions 1917-1918 benedict crowell

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