"armor-piercing shot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: armor-piercing shots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} armor-piercing shot (plural armor-piercing shots)
  1. (military) An armor-piercing solid metal projectile having no bursting charge, in use mainly during World War II, abbreviated AP, or simply "shot". Categories (topical): Military Translations (solid metal armor-piercing projectile): iskuammus (Finnish), болва́нка (bolvánka) [feminine] (Russian), kaptula (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-armor-piercing_shot-en-noun-5V8fMc63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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