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3VBM4

Projectile  
Russian Federation
USSR

The 3VBM4 (3ВБМ4) is a 122 mm armour piecing discarding sabot tracer (APDS-T) separate-loading tank gun round. The 3VBM4 is comprised of the 3BM11 (3БМ11) APDS-T projectile assembly and the 4Zh46 (4Ж46) sub-cased (semi-combustible) charge assembly. The 3VBM4 round was developed for use with the M-62T2 (М-62Т2) 122 mm rifled tank gun, also know as the 2A17 (2А17), which equipped the T-10M (Т-10М) heavy tank. The 3VBM4 round may also be us...

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