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Originally Posted by DigTw0Grav3s
Can anyone talk about the more specialized types of M1 ammo, like MPAT?
I've also heard that HEAT was a preferred round against enemy armor over the sabot, under certain circumstances. Any truth to this?
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Heh.
I don't think I ever saw a live MPAT round in the wild ever. Only rounds I've fired outside of gunnery was a trio of DU's and almost a dozen HEAT - and one glorious Canister. Good gravy 1400 quarter inch balls made a mess. In general though, there was very little call for DU overseas outside the first month of operations. Past that, all we was shooting at was buildings and pickup trucks.
Now for the really oddball stuff, thats pretty much all Israeli. They have come up with some neat things, but when you get down to it, nothing much to say really. You have 4 basic types: Those that go boom when they hit (HEAT), those that don't - go boom or stop going (APDS), those that go off when they get close to or hit something (MPAT), and the 1/12 gauge shotgun shell (Canister).