"APFSDS" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: APFSDSs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} APFSDS (plural APFSDSs)
  1. (military) Initialism of armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot round. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot round Coordinate_terms: APDS (english: armor-piercing discarding-sabot round), AP (english: armor-piercing round), AT (english: anti-tank round)

Inflected forms

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