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Type 73 APFSDS-T

Projectile  
China

The Type 73 APFSDS-T is a Chinese APFSDS-T is a 100 mm armour-piercing fin-stabilised tracer (APFSDS-T) fixed round. The Type 73 APFSDS-T round comprises an APFSDS-T projectile assembly and a brass-cased charge system. The projectile assembly of the Type 73 is very similar to the Soviet-era-developed 115 mm 3BM6 (3БМ6) model. The Type 73 APFSDS-T round is thought to be for use with the Chinese 100 mm Type 73 and later Type 86 anti-tank g...

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