armor-piercing

Adjective

Meaning

armor-piercing

(military, American spelling, of a device [usually a munition]) Intended to pierce armor.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

ap

Examples

These designs were known either as armour-piercing composite rigid (APCR), high-velocity armor-piercing (HVAP) and "hartkern" (hard core) (resp. by the British, US and Germans). Source: Internet

In the 2000s, the machine pistol started to be supplanted by the personal defense weapon : a compact, fully automatic submachine gun-like firearm which fires high-velocity armor-piercing rounds instead of pistol ammunition. Source: Internet

Let me state that a pig's squeal is not only ear-piercing, it's armor-piercing. Source: Internet

On Feb. 28, 1997, two bank robbers wearing homemade body armor and carrying automatic weapons with armor-piercing ammunition robbed the Bank of America in North Hollywood. Source: Internet

Its 120mm smoothbore cannon can fire a mix of rounds, from high explosive to armor-piercing sabot rounds. Source: Internet

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

Close letter words and terms

armor-bearer armor-clad armor-piercer armor-piercing shot armor-plated Armoracia