(2) 羅添斌, 配合採購M1A2X戰車 軍方將建立120公厘戰車彈產能. Liberty Times, Apr 7, 2019
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/2751238
("M1A2系列戰車使用的戰車彈為120公厘,但國內目前只具備105公厘戰車彈的產製能量,軍方將規劃運用現有戰車彈生產線,循工業合作技術引進及自行研發等方式,建立120公厘戰車彈的產能。 M1A2系列戰車使用的戰車彈,在戰備彈方面有: 、翼穩脫殼穿甲彈及人員殺傷彈,練習彈部分則有 * * * ")
Note:
(a) "國內目前只具備105公厘戰車彈的產製能量"
That is because both CM11 and M60A3, two tanks Taiwan operates, uses ammunitions of 105mm. Indeed,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams
(section 3.2 Specifications: main armament (ie, gun): M1 used "105 mm M68 rifled" whereas M1A1 and M1A2 use 120 mm M256 smoothbore."
(b) 戰防榴彈 is HEOR (High Explosive Obstacle Reduction) M908.
(c) 翼穩脫殼穿甲彈 is M829 or M830.
(i) M829
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M829
(armor-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding sabot (APFSDS); "The corresponding training round is the M865 costing $1,121")
, whose animation is H1MIN: APFSDS Shell, YouTube.com, published by (Military History in a Minute) on June 24, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlKZr2lgTac
(A) The "fin-stabilized" in APFSDS is a modifier for the ARROW inside a sabot when fired.
(B) The "discarding sabot" in APFSDS means sabot is not the penetrator but a container. See sabot (shoe)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabot_(shoe)
(ii)
(A) M830
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M830
("high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) round * * * Like the M829")
(B) M830A1 High Explosive Anti-Tank-Multi Purpose - Tracer (HEAT-MP-T). Federation of American Scientists (FAS), undated
https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m830a1.htm
("The 120mm M830 High Explosive Anti-Tank-Multi Purpose - Tracer (HEAT-MP-T) is a chemical energy, multi-purpose projectile with an anti-personnel capability. It is largely a technology transfer from the ballistically identical German model DM12A1 except for the M764 fuze, double safety, and propellant containment bag. The round consists of a fin stabilized steel body * * * The M830A1 HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) round, recently fielded for the M1A1 and M1A2 Main Battle Tank, is a major advancement over its predecessor, the M830, which has been in the US inventory since the early '80s. HEAT rounds have multi-purpose warheads which are used to defeat armored vehicles, helicopters and soft targets such as bunkers. * * * The M830A1 is unique in that it features a three-piece discarding aluminum sabot, a feature normally associated with kinetic energy projectiles. The sabot allows a lighter flight projectile which can be flown to greater ranges than could the M830. The M830A1 also mounts a proximity switch on the flight projectile nose. Manually set upon gun loading, this allows the M1A1/M1A2 tank to self-defend against attacking helicopters with the 120mm main gun, a capability never before possessed by a Main Battle Tank. The multi-purpose cartridge is also extremely effective against buildings, bunkers, and light armored vehicles. The M830A1 was fielded in 1994 and is currently still in production")
(d) 人員殺傷彈 (anti-personnel) is M1028 Canister Cartridge. General Dynamics, undated
https://www.gd-ots.com/munitions ... nition/120mm-m1028/
("The 120mm M1028 Canister Cartridge was developed for close-in defense of tanks against massed assaulting infantry attack and to break up infantry concentrations, between a range of 200-500 meters, by discharging large numbers of tungsten balls from the main cannon")
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