APFSDS

Noun

Meaning

APFSDS (plural APFSDSs)

(military) Initialism of armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot round.

Examples

In friendly fire incidents, the front armor and fore side turret armor survived direct armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot (APFSDS) hits from other M1A1s. Source: Internet

Modern KEP munitions are typically of the Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot (APFSDS) type. Source: Internet

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