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- Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:31 am
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: Sabot shells
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Re: Sabot shells - US Navy
Hi There In 1972-1973, we utilized experimental sub-caliber sabot rounds in our 5"-54 cal. guns in a gun fire support role. The rounds did not feed well in the hoists from the magazine to the gun mounts but could achieve ranges of 24,000 yards, 6,000 more than our regular ammunition. Since our ...