Spotted on Jerry Pournelle's website today:
Links to YT video of unusual Russian low-noise armour-piercing ammunition:
https://youtu.be/bj4uaMqCISo?t=1313
More episodes available via the link on Pournelle's site...
Russian piston-type quiet AP ammunition
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toad
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Re: Russian piston-type quiet AP ammunition
IIRC the Russians had a 9x20 ammo with a bullet that had a dense plastic body and a small hard core. If the bullet hit flesh the bullet would stay together except the plastic would deform. If the round hit a body armor plate the core would separate and go through the plate. This was all in print IIRC and no video.
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HTRN
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Re: Russian piston-type quiet AP ammunition
I think you're thinking of 9x39, which had blue tips to designate AP rounds, but their was no plastic involved
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toad
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Re: Russian piston-type quiet AP ammunition
It was for a pistol but I may have got the overall length of the round wrong. I remember reading it was pretty hot. It might have been 9X21?HTRN wrote:I think you're thinking of 9x39, which had blue tips to designate AP rounds, but their was no plastic involved