British Anti-Tank Gun Penetration tables |
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Written by David Boyd
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Thursday, 01 January 2009 21:23 |
British Gun penetration tables Below are penetration values for British guns, for the plate type "HH" is armour of high hardness, "MQ" is machineable quality armour i.e. rolled homogenous and "FH" is face hardened armour. Gun | Ammunition | Muzzle Velocity | Angle | Plate | 500 Yards | 1000 Yards | 2000 Yards | Boys AT | Mk II | 2950fps | 0 | HH | 17.5 | 12.4 | - | Boys AT | Mk II | 2950fps | 30 | HH | 12 | 10.2 | - | 2pdr | AP Shell | 2600fps | 30 | MQ | 42 | 36 | - | 2pdr | AP | 2600fps | 30 | MQ | 46 | 38 | 22 | 2pdr | AP HV | 2800fps | 30 | MQ | 51 | 41 | 24 | 2pdr | APCBC | 2650fps | 30 | MQ | 54 | 47 | 35 | 2pdr | Littlejohn Mk I | 4400fps | 30 | MQ | 90 | 71 | - | | | | | | | | | 6pdr Mk II/II | AP | 2650fps | 30 | MQ | 73 | 62 | 41 | | | | 30 | FH | 64 | 51 | 31 | 6pdr Mk II/III | AP | 2800fps | 30 | MQ | 79 | 66 | 44 | | | | 30 | FH | 69 | 55 | 34 | 6pdr Mk II/III | APC | 2800fps | 30 | MQ | 72 | 61 | 40 | | | | 30 | FH | 88 | 72 | 45 | 6pdr Mk II/III | APCBC | 2630fps | 30 | MQ | 68 | 60 | 44 | | | | 30 | FH | 80 | 73 | 57 | 6pdr Mk IV/V | AP | 2900fps | 30 | MQ | 82 | 71 | 48 | 6pdr Mk IV/V | APC | 2900fps | 30 | MQ | 78 | 67 | 44 | | | | 30 | FH | 93 | 76 | 48 | 6pdr Mk IV/V | APCBC | 2780fps | 30 | MQ | 86 | 80 | 68 | | | | 30 | FH | 97 | 82 | 64 | Assumed IV/V | APCR | - | 30 | MQ | 109 | 90 | 75 | Assumed IV/V | APDS | 4000fps | 0 | MQ | 173 | 153 | 119 | | | | 30 | MQ | 138 | 123 | 95 | 25pdr | AP | 1550fps | 30 | MQ | 63 | 54 | - | | | | | | | | | 17pdr | AP | 2900fps | 30 | MQ | 118 | 110 | 89 | 17pdr | APC | 2900fps | 30 | MQ | 121 | 109 | 84 | 17pdr | APCBC | 2900fps | 30 | MQ | 140 | 131 | 111 | 17pdr | APDS | 3950fps | 30 | MQ | 209 | 192 | 161 | 77mm | APCBC | 2575fps | 30 | MQ | 120 | 110 | 90 | 77mm | APDS | | 30 | MQ | 182 | 165 | 130 | Sources - See individual weapon for more details
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