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L26A1 (120 mm APFSDS)

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United Kingdom

The L26A1 is a British-developed, depleted uranium alloy-based, armour-piercing fin-stabilised, discarding-sabot (APFSDS) projectile assembly. The L26A1 APFSDS projectile assembly was developed in the late 1980s and introduced in the early 1990s. The L26A1 replaced the earlier L23A1 tungsten-based APFSDS projectile assembly, which was developed in the mid-1980s. Construction The L26A1 is comprised of a sabot assembly and a fin-stabili...

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