Videos tagged with APFSDST

This video focuses on the "DEADLY DARTS 25mm M919 APFSDST Round," highlighting its armor-piercing capabilities with "Fin-Stabilized Discarding-Sabot Tracer Ammo." The title also includes "#edc" (Everyday Carry), suggesting a potential discussion around the relevance or application of such ammunition, or perhaps demonstrating it within an EDC context, though the primary focus is clearly on the ammunition itself and its ballistics.

This video showcases a 30x173mm Tungsten Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot Tracer (APFSDST) round manufactured by Honeywell. It features a cross-section of a GAU-8 Avenger barrel and demonstrates the loading and firing of the projectile. The footage highlights the sabot petals discarding as the penetrator achieves an impressive velocity of 5,000 feet per second. This ammunition was originally developed for the GAU-8 cannon in the Goalkeeper CIWS and is also authorized for the Bushmaster II chain gun.