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AP rounds are tipped with a hard metallic cap. The cap can be made from tungsten, steel, a carbide of some sort, or even depleted uranium. This allows the bullet to pierce through [[armor]], as the projectile stays intact because the tip of the round does not deform enough to slow it down dramatically. Armor Piercing ammunition is designed to dump almost all of it's energy directly into the target, causing massive trauma and kinetic energy damage. The downside of AP rounds is that they perform poorly against [[energy shielding]]. | AP rounds are tipped with a hard metallic cap. The cap can be made from tungsten, steel, a carbide of some sort, or even depleted uranium. This allows the bullet to pierce through [[armor]], as the projectile stays intact because the tip of the round does not deform enough to slow it down dramatically. Armor Piercing ammunition is designed to dump almost all of it's energy directly into the target, causing massive trauma and kinetic energy damage. The downside of AP rounds is that they perform poorly against [[energy shielding]]. | ||
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Armor Piercing Rounds[1], alternately spelled as Armour Piercing Rounds (UK Spelling) and colloquially known as AP rounds, are the type of ammo used in most small arms weapons like Assault Rifles used by the United Nations Space Command. When all the AP rounds in a weapon are used up, some personnel switch to Shredder Rounds, as the SPARTANs of Blue Team did on a mission in the Lambda Serpentis System[2]. The SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle's bullets are armor piercing as well. | |||
AP rounds are tipped with a hard metallic cap. The cap can be made from tungsten, steel, a carbide of some sort, or even depleted uranium. This allows the bullet to pierce through armor, as the projectile stays intact because the tip of the round does not deform enough to slow it down dramatically. Armor piercing rounds are designed for penetration. When used against soft skined targets they often created through and through penetration. This leads to lower stoping power when used against people or animals because less kinetic energy is put in the target. The downside of AP rounds is that they perform poorly against energy shielding. | |||
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Template:Ratings Armor Piercing Rounds[1], alternately spelled as Armour Piercing Rounds (UK Spelling) and colloquially known as AP rounds, are the type of ammo used in most small arms weapons like Assault Rifles used by the United Nations Space Command. When all the AP rounds in a weapon are used up, some personnel switch to Shredder Rounds, as the SPARTANs of Blue Team did on a mission in the Lambda Serpentis System[2]. The SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle's bullets are armor piercing as well.
AP rounds are tipped with a hard metallic cap. The cap can be made from tungsten, steel, a carbide of some sort, or even depleted uranium. This allows the bullet to pierce through armor, as the projectile stays intact because the tip of the round does not deform enough to slow it down dramatically. Armor Piercing ammunition is designed to dump almost all of it's energy directly into the target, causing massive trauma and kinetic energy damage. The downside of AP rounds is that they perform poorly against energy shielding.
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Prologue
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 3
Armor Piercing Rounds[1], alternately spelled as Armour Piercing Rounds (UK Spelling) and colloquially known as AP rounds, are the type of ammo used in most small arms weapons like Assault Rifles used by the United Nations Space Command. When all the AP rounds in a weapon are used up, some personnel switch to Shredder Rounds, as the SPARTANs of Blue Team did on a mission in the Lambda Serpentis System[2]. The SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle's bullets are armor piercing as well.
AP rounds are tipped with a hard metallic cap. The cap can be made from tungsten, steel, a carbide of some sort, or even depleted uranium. This allows the bullet to pierce through armor, as the projectile stays intact because the tip of the round does not deform enough to slow it down dramatically. Armor piercing rounds are designed for penetration. When used against soft skined targets they often created through and through penetration. This leads to lower stoping power when used against people or animals because less kinetic energy is put in the target. The downside of AP rounds is that they perform poorly against energy shielding.
