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Old 10-25-2017, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by CDAT View Post
If it is a Sabot there is no shaped charge, if it was a full up US round it is an metal case with powder (that after having spent time in/around the river may or may not be water logged) the "warhead" is a titanium or DU (if combat round/steel if training) penetrater surrounded by a light metal ring (actually three pieces) that fall off after leaving the barrel. So the only thing that maybe could be made to explode would be the gun powder if it was not wet.
The picture I saw was just the penetrator and the sabot (the ring). It wasn't a complete round of ammunition.
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