Interesting Photographs

I am told that this is a 175mm. sabot at a velocity of 4200fps, the projectile is depleted uranium and is approximately 11mm. in diameter.
Photo courtesy of D.O.D. 1991

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This is a .308 caliber projectile which just penetrated an apple.
Photo: Public 1988

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This picture shows the sabot projectiles ready to be loaded on board a vehicle.
Photo: Public 1991

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Edited by M.L. Greene© May 2005