[cfgeeks] Pretty cool slow-mo missile

[Dave Hudson]

Pretty cool - Is that really a missile though?
 
Looks more like a new kind of tank round based on an APFDS - Armoured
Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot Round.   I couldn't tell from the
evacuation bore on the tube what kind of tank it was - it is not an M1
Abrams.
 
The one in the link below is what we shot on the M1A1 when I was in the
service:
 
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/ammunition/apfsds.htm
 
The one in the video did not appear to have its own propulsion system, which
is typically what defines a "missile".
 
Missile 

An object capable of being projected or hurled, usually with the intent of
striking some distant object. More particularly, a missile is usually a
weapon that is self-propelled after leaving the launching device

 

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From: Gilbert Young [mailto:gjyoung at cfl.rr.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 12:16 AM
To: Central Florida Geeks
Subject: [cfgeeks] Pretty cool slow-mo missile


http://preview.tinyurl.com/yoj5t2

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