During Desert Storm, the M1A1 Abrams used the M829A1 "Silver Bullet" projectile to destroy outdated Iraqi tanks at extreme ranges. The simulation presents the depleted uranium Armour-Piercing Fin-Stabilised Discarding-Sabot (APFSDS) projectile impacting the upper glacis of an Iraqi T-72M1 at ~3km.
Based on available information, the DU core measures ~22x680mm. The T-72M1 upper glacis has a 16-60-105-50 armour arrangement at 68°, with the 16mm High-Hardness (HHA) Armour plate being modelled with a 500BHN hardness. The 60mm & 50mm Rolled Homogenous Armour (RHA) plates have been modelled with 300BHN hardness.
While M829A1 was the most powerful tank projectile of its time, the T-72M1 was outdated by 1991, with the latest Soviet tanks providing much higher levels of protection, due to the inclusion of Kontakt 5 ERA.
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