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unknown 90mm AT round

Spaceinvader

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Hello all,
I was watching this entertaining video of a what is said to be a T8 90mm AT gun destroying a Mac. I was wondering what type of round they are using? In the video the guy says it breaks apart once reaching supersonic speeds and you can see in the slow motion the metal flaps on the bottom of the projectile breaking away almost like a sabot. I assume it is some type of Israeli round judging by the writing on the projectile. Would be nice to know the type of projectile it is! Thanks,
Rhys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUaFCJFaBtQ90mmAt round1.jpg90mmAt round.jpg

Sorry for the bad pics aswell, hopefully they are good enough to ID the round.
 
By the shape and case length it looks like a Mecar round, but the case looks remanufactured. From the high speed photos, I'm thinking it's a TP round. The part that breaks off just stabilizes it down the barrel. The projo doesn't explode, but just travels through the target.

You will have to go by photo name for sequence. The site seems to put them in the order it wants.
 

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It is a 90mm training round of some sort, but I can't read the last letter on the left of the acronym to be sure of the type.
 
Thanks to both of you. I thought it might be some type of TP round as it seems very unstable in flight. And I am sure the casing is not original, just made to be able to fire the gun repeatedly once reloaded.
Does anyone have more info or one of these rounds in their collection?
 
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