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KE-T
The KE-T (Kinetic Energy Tungsten) is an armour piercing fin-stabilised discarding-sabot tracer (APFSDS-T) round for 120 mm smoothbore tank guns, which features a tungsten alloy-based subprojectile (long rod penetrator). The KE-T was originally developed by ATK as a tungsten alloy alternative to the M829, which uses a depleted uranium alloy-based subprojectile. The KE-T round developed for use in the M256 120 mm smoothbore tank gun, but can...
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