TELESCOPIC, SEGMENTED, & JACKETED APFSDS vs SLOPED ARMOUR | Unique APFSDS Vol. 5

Comparing the effectiveness of the most promising unique APFSDS designs against heavily sloped armour at 82°.

The designs tested are the simple monolithic, trailing telescopic, tapered segmented, and jacketed penetrators, with the target being 50 mm of RHA.

The kinetic energies have been matched between tests, but additional, more realistic velocity tests are shown for the 2 lighter projectiles.

TRAILING TELESCOPE:    • TELESCOPING APFSDS | Rod & Tube APFSD...  
TAPERED SEGEMENT & JACKETED:    • UNIQUE APFSDS Vol. 4 | Tapered Segmen...  

References:
[1] Odermatt Formula: http://www.longrods.ch/perfcalc.php
[2] Paper containing split-rod and similar segmented designs: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
[3] Material Properties: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/28829...
[4] RHA modified from: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA392...

The hardness used in the Odermatt formula was 300 BHN.