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Anon · 07-31-2004, 13:22 PM

They do have DU, they are not saboted, the ammunition is PGU-14 30mm HVAPDU. It has a muzzle velocity of 3,500fps- a slant range in excess of 1 mile, and will easily penetrate the top armor of ANY known main battle tank(Including the M-1 of all variants).

T-55's were killed in ODS1 with 25mm Bradley chain-gun fire, btw. A T-55 is vulnerable to practicly every weapons system on the modern battlefield, including the M-82A1 and M-2 .50 cals. using modern APDSDU ammunition.

The PGU-14 can penetrate over 6" of RHA, more than triple the thickness of the top armor on pretty much any battle tank around.

07-31-2004, 13:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
Anon New Member Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 0	They do have DU, they are not saboted, the ammunition is PGU-14 30mm HVAPDU. It has a muzzle velocity of 3,500fps- a slant range in excess of 1 mile, and will easily penetrate the top armor of ANY known main battle tank(Including the M-1 of all variants). T-55's were killed in ODS1 with 25mm Bradley chain-gun fire, btw. A T-55 is vulnerable to practicly every weapons system on the modern battlefield, including the M-82A1 and M-2 .50 cals. using modern APDSDU ammunition. The PGU-14 can penetrate over 6" of RHA, more than triple the thickness of the top armor on pretty much any battle tank around. Last edited by Anon : 07-31-2004 at 14:34 PM.