Bullets armor-piercing

Impact Test). This test is conducted to determine the ability of armor-piercing bullets to penetrate or perforate when fired at armor plate. This is usually done by firing at 100yds against an armor plate target properly mounted and supported. The ang of impact should he 85 to 90 degrees between the longitudinal axis of the bullet and the plate(Ref ll,p 42)... 

The bullet jacket material is almost always harder than the bullet core material, with the one exception of armor-piercing bullet jackets. Bullet jacketing is done either by electroplating or, much more commonly, the jacket is manufactured separately from the bullet, and the bullet then forced into the jacket in a press. Another method is to pour molten lead into the jacket. The edges of the jacket are usually partly rolled over the base of the bullet or attached by some other physical means. 

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The BATF has also ruled that since this type of bullet has a steel ball in its nose, it is considered an armor-piercing handgun round and hence, illegal. It is unlikely that this bullet is capable of piercing body armor. 

Should some types of ammunition be banned, such as armor-piercing or cop-killer bullets ... 

Under federal law, silencers are treated in the same category as automatic weapons. Armor-piercing ammunition (popularly called cop-killer bullets) were banned in 1986, with an expanded definition of banned bullets in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 that includes bullets made of tungsten, beryllium, depleted uranium, and other exotic materials. Other accessories can also cause a weapon to be banned (see Assault Weapons above). 

Their policies range from the permissive (all law-abiding adults) to the highly restrictive (must show a definite need), cop-killer bullet Term for armor-piercing ammunition popularized by gun control advocates. The term gets its name on the basis that it especially endangers police wearing bullet-proof vests, curios and relics Firearms that are at least 50 years old or that are considered (because of their scarcity, historical value, or unusual nature) to be collector s items. A federal firearms license (FFL) is required for interstate purchase of such firearms. 

Lucas, Robert A. Hunting Rhinos. National Review, vol. 47, May 1, 1995, pp. 70ff. Suggests that public hysteria over armor-piercing cop-killer bullets such as the Black Rhino is misplaced. Tests reveal the bullets are not nearly as effective as advertised. The issue reveals sloppy thinking and garbled facts in Congress and the media. 

The so-called AP (armot-piercing incendiary) projectile contains an incendiary mixture and the API-T (armor-piercing incendiary tracer) is similar, to API but has a tracer in the rear of the bullet (Ref 6, p 65)... 

J acketed bullets may be subdivided into the following classes ball, ball hornet, armor -piercing(AP), inccndiary(I) armor-piercing... 

Bullets are similar to armor-piercing incendiary (API) bullets, but in addition have a tracer compn in the base end of the bullet(Ref 8,p 68 Ref... 

Bullets, Armor-Piercing(AP), Armor-Piercing -lncendiary(AP ), Armor-Piercing-Incendiary Tracers(APIT) and Ball Bullets, See under BULLETS... 

Sheflite. Brit WWII expl, same as US 70/30 Tridite (qv), contg 70% PA and 30% 2,6-Dinitro-phenol (DNPh). It was used to cast load AP (armor piercing) bombs and shells. Its properties were yellow cream colored solid d 1.62g/cc mp 83° ballistic strength, 91% TNT brisance, 38.5g sand crushed vs 43.0g for TNT expl temp, 300-15° impact sensitivity, PicArsn app with 2kg wt, 14" vs 14" for TNT rifle bullet impact, 0 to 20% detonations from impact of. 30 cal bullet fired froma90 distance stability, compatibility of metals, sol and toxicity, same as PA (Ref 1)... 

The joint between the primer cup and the outside of the cartridge case base is sealed with lacquer to prevent the ingress of moisture and oil. The lacquer is sometimes color coded as an aid to visual inspection during manufacture, and also sometimes to identify the type of bullet, for example, ball, tracer, armor piercing. Sometimes the mouth of the case is internally varnished, just before inserting the bullet, to waterproof the joint and to provide... 

The core of the bullet can be made from a variety of materials lead is by far the most common because of its high density and the fact that it is cheap, readily obtained, and easy to fabricate. But copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, steel (sometimes hardened by heat treatment), depleted uranium, zinc, iron, tungsten, rubber, and various plastics may also be encountered. (When most of the fissile radioactive isotopes of uranium are removed from natural uranium, the residue is called depleted uranium. Depleted uranium is 67% denser than lead, and it is an ideal bullet material and is very effective in an armor-piercing role, both in small arms and larger munitions components. Because of its residual radioactivity its use is controversial.) Bullets with a lead core and a copper alloy jacket are by far the most common. 

Armor-piercing (AP) ammunition has a projectile or projectile core constructed entirely from a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium. The most effective AP bullets are usually confined to rifle bullets, as velocity and range are important factors in AP requirements. Some revolver and pistol ammunition is described as metal piercing but, although it would be effective against vehicle bodywork and some body armor, it would be ineffective against heavy armor plate. AP bullets are, with very few exceptions, jacketed. 

Other incendiary compositions used in older ammunition were potassium chlorate based with a mixture of potassium chlorate and mercury sulfocyanide as the priming composition. Another older incendiary composition consisted of potassium nitrate, magnesium, aluminum, and lead oxide.72,73 Multipurpose filled bullets are also manufactured, for example, armor piercing/incendiary, armor piercing/tracer, and spotter tracer bullets, which leave a visible trace and produce a puff of smoke on impact. One such smoke charge is lead dioxide 85% and powdered aluminum 15%. There... 

Note All ammos listed are standard production lead core bullets. Protection from AP (armor piercing)rounds require the metal inserts used in section V. 

At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, armor-piercing incendiary and fragment simulator bullets were fired into aluminum storage tanks containing both kerosene and liquid hydrogen. The test results indicated that the liquid hydrogen was safer than conventional aviation kerosene. 

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