Videos tagged with CIWS

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.