SHARD & ASCALON

[Eggburt1969]

As people seem to like APFSDS-related videos, here's a very recent (as of posting), but short testing video of the Nexter 120 mm (120×570) SHARD APFSDS-T round.

And some reference material: an article and Nexter webpage.

Nexter 120 mm SHARD: towards tailored APFSDS solutions - EDR Magazine

By Paolo Valpolini When main battle tanks (MBTs) armour was made of rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) comparing armour piercing (AP)

www.edrmagazine.eu

120 SHARD®: the new generation of anti-tank ammunition | Knds

Nexter Munitions demonstrates its capability for innovation by presenting the 120 SHARD® ammunition, a high-performance product available at short notice.

www.knds.fr

And a video some data on the ASCALON 140 mm tank gun.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=389905459972690

Ascalon: Nexter’s solution for the MGCS main gun - EDR Magazine

Both contenders for the future western main battle tank gun calibre were present at Eurosatory 2022 the bigger one, 140

www.edrmagazine.eu

 

[AMMOTECHXT]

Thank you for posting them.

 

[Eggburt1969]

Thank you for posting them.

Not a problem.

PS If you look closely at the first video, the fin-stabilised dart/long rod penetrator perforates four of the six thick armour steel plates, and buries what's left of itself in the fifth plate. Each plate is probably in the order of 200 mm thick!