The following is a list of ammunition fired by the 125 mm smoothbore gun series used in the

T-64 The T-64 is a Soviet tank manufactured in Kharkiv, and designed by Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau. The tank was introduced in the early 1960s. It was a more advanced counterpart to the T-62: the T-64 served in tank divisions, whil ...

T-72 The T-72 is a family of Soviet/Russian main battle tanks that entered production in 1969. The T-72 was a development of the T-64, which was troubled by high costs and its reliance on immature developmental technology. About 25,000 T-72 tanks h ...

T-80 The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) that was designed and manufactured in the former Soviet Union and manufactured in Russia. The T-80 is based on the T-64, while incorporating features from the later T-72. The chief designer of the T-80 was S ...

, M-84,

T-90 The T-90 is a third-generation Russian main battle tank. It uses a 125mm 2A46 smoothbore main gun, the 1A45T fire-control system, an upgraded engine, and gunner's thermal sight. Standard protective measures include a blend of steel and comp ...

PT-91 The PT-91 Twardy (, en, Tough, link=no) is a Polish main battle tank. A development of the T-72M1, it entered service in 1995. The PT-91 was designed at the OBRUM (''Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych'', or ''Research ...

T-14 Armata The T-14 Armata ( rus, Т-14 «Армата»; industrial designation russian: Объект 148, Ob'yekt 148, Object 148), is a next-generation Russian main battle tank based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform. The Russian Army initially ...

, and other tanks derived from those designs, as well as the 2A45

Sprut anti-tank gun 2A45 and 2A45M are the respective GRAU designations of the Sprut-A and Sprut-B (Russian for ''octopus'' or ''kraken'') Soviet smoothbore 125 mm anti-tank guns. Development The 2A45M was created in the late 1980s by the Petrov Design Bure ...

APFSDS-T

Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS), long dart penetrator, or simply dart ammunition, is a type of kinetic energy penetrator ammunition used to attack modern vehicle armour. As an armament for main battle tanks, it succeeds ...

(APFSDS) using a

sabot Sabot may refer to: * Sabot (firearms), disposable supportive device used in gunpowder ammunitions to fit/patch around a sub-caliber projectile * Sabot (shoe), a type of wooden shoe People * Dick Sabot (1944–2005), American economist and busi ...

and tracer (APFSDS-T). Typically used against other modern

tank A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engi ...

s. There are different ways to measure penetration value. NATO uses the 50% (This means that 50% of the shell had to go through the plate), while the Soviet and Russian standard is higher (80% had to go through). According to authorities like Paul Lakowski, the difference in performance can reach as much as 8%

3VBM3/3BM9/10

Entered service in 1962. The projectile is

Maraging steel Maraging steels (a portmanteau of " martensitic" and "aging") are steels that are known for possessing superior strength and toughness without losing ductility. ''Aging'' refers to the extended heat-treatment process. These steels are a special cla ...

. * Country of origin:

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* Projectile dimension: 410 mm 10: 1 L/d * Projectile weight (including sabot): 5.67 kg * Projectile weight: 3.6 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1800 m/s * Muzzle energy: 5.8 MJ * Penetration: 245 mm at 0° at 2000 m, 100 mm - 110 mm at 60° at 2000 m, (energy at 2000 m is 4.2 MJ)

3VBM6/3BM12/13

Entered service (estimated) in 1968. Essentially the same as the 3BM9 projectile with a

tungsten carbide Tungsten carbide (chemical formula: WC) is a chemical compound (specifically, a carbide) containing equal parts of tungsten and carbon atoms. In its most basic form, tungsten carbide is a fine gray powder, but it can be pressed and formed into ...

plug. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 410 mm 10: 1 L/d * Projectile weight (including sabot): 5.67 kg * Projectile weight: 3.6 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1800 m/s * Muzzle energy: 5.8 MJ * Penetration: 280 mm at 0° at 2000 m, 130 mm at 60° at 2000 m, (energy at 2000 m is 4.2 MJ)Unterkalibergranaten BM9 und BM12
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3VBM7/3BM15/16

Entered service (estimated 1972). A slightly longer 3BM12 projectile. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 435 mm 12: 1 L/d * Projectile weight (including sabot): 5.9 kg * Projectile weight: 3.9 kg including 2.9 kg and 0.27 kg

plug * Muzzle velocity: 1785 m/s * Muzzle energy: 6.2 MJ * Certified penetration: 310 mm at 0° at 2000 m, 135 mm - 150 mm at 60° at 2000 m

3VBM8/3BM17/18

Entered service (estimated 1972). An export version of the 3BM-15 without the tungsten carbide plug. Hence, it is an all-steel penetrator with inferior performance. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 450 mm 12: 1 L/d * Projectile weight (including sabot): 5.9 kg * Projectile weight: 3.9 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1780 m/s * Muzzle energy: 6.2 MJ * Certified penetration: 310 mm at 0° at 2000 m

3VBM9/3BM22/23

Entered service 1976. Tungsten carbide penetrator core sheathed in steel. Enlarged cap help to increase positive normalization and hold a much larger penetrator. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 400 mm 11: 1 L/d * Projectile weight (including sabot): 6.55 kg * Projectile weight: 4.485 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1785 m/s * Muzzle energy: 7.0 MJ * Penetration: 380 mm at 0° at 2000 m, 170 mm - 180 mm at 60° at 2000 m

3VBM10/3BM29/30

Entered service 1982. Depleted uranium-nickel-iron alloy sheathed in steel. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 450 mm 12: 1 L/d - including 250 mm core * Projectile weight (including sabot): 6.55 kg * Projectile weight: 4.85 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1700 m/s * Muzzle energy: 7.0 MJ * Penetration: 440 mm at 0° at 2000 m, 210 mm at 60° at 2000 m

3VBM11/3BM26/27

Entered service 1983. Tungsten-nickel-iron alloy penetrator core sheathed in steel. Utilised new 4Zh63 high-energy propelling charge. Penetrator is base-installed to prevent deflection during penetration against multi-layered composite armour. Improved penetrator cap made of aluminium alloy. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 395 mm 11: 1 L/d * Projectile weight (including sabot): 7.05 kg * Projectile weight: 4.8 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1720 m/s * Muzzle energy: 7.5 MJ * Penetration: 420 mm at 0° at 2000 m, 200 mm at 60° at 2000 m

3VBM13/3BM32/33 (3BM32 "Vant")

Entered service in 1985. The projectile is an integrated depleted uranium-nickel-zinc alloy penetrator. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 380 mm 13: 1 L/d * Projectile weight (including sabot): 7.05 kg * Projectile weight: 4.85 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1700 m/s * Muzzle energy: 7.0 MJ * Penetration 540 mm at 0° at 2000 m, 250 mm at 60° at 2000 m

3VBM17/3BM42 (3BM42 "Mango")

Entered service in 1986. The projectile is double tungsten alloy rod sheathed in low melting point alloy covered with steel, intended to increase penetration against non-explosive

reactive armour Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour that reacts in some way to the impact of a weapon to reduce the damage done to the vehicle being protected. It is most effective in protecting against shaped charges and specially hardened kinetic ener ...

(NERA) such as

Chobham armour Chobham armour is the informal name of a composite armour developed in the 1960s at the British tank research centre on Chobham Common, Surrey. The name has since become the common generic term for composite ceramic vehicle armour. Other name ...

. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 452 mm 15: 1 L/d * Round weight: 20.4 kg * Projectile weight: 4.85 kg * Projectile weight (including sabot): 7.05 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1715 m/s * Muzzle energy: 7.1 MJ * Penetration: **500 mm at 0° at 2000 m, 230 mm at 60° at 2000 m (with 3VBM17 projectile) **650 mm at 0° at 2000 m, 300 mm at 60° at 2000 m (with Mango-M and 3VBM23 projectile)

3VBM19/3BM42M (3BM44M "Lekalo")

Entered service in 1994. Uses an improved penetrator and a new sabot. Reported to be tungsten alloy. * Country of origin:

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* Projectile dimension: 570 mm 25: 1 L/d * Round weight: ? kg * Projectile weight (including sabot): 6.95 kg * Projectile weight: 4.6 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1750 m/s * Muzzle energy: 7.04 MJ * Penetration: 650 mm at 0° at 2000 m

3VBM20/3BM46 (3BM48 "Svinets")

Entered service in 1991. Uses a new advanced high elongation uranium monoblock penetrator. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 546 mm 21.84: 1 L/d * Round weight: ? ;kg * Projectile weight (including sabot): ? * Projectile weight: 4.85 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1700 m/s * Muzzle energy: 7.4 MJ * Penetration: 650 mm at 0° at 2000 m, 300 mm at 60° at 2000 m

3VBM23/3BM60 (3BM60 "Svinets-2")

Entered service : 2002. Uses a new sabot design, and a Tungsten Alloy penetrator of increased length compared to prior generation Russian APFSDS ammunition. Used on 2A46M-4/5 with new autoloader. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 740 mm estimated 30:1 L/d * Round weight: ? kg * Projectile weight (including sabot): ? * Projectile weight: estimated 8.8 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1650 m/s? * Muzzle energy: 12.1 MJ? * Penetration: 650 mm at 0° at 2000 m

3VBM22/3BM59 (3BM59 "Svinets-1")

Entered service: 2002. Uses a new sabot design, and a new depleted uranium penetrator. Used on 2A46M-5 with new autoloader. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 735mm x 21mm L/D: 35:1 * Round weight: 22.0 kg * Projectile weight (including sabot): 8.4 kg * Projectile weight: 8.8 kg (Estimated) * Muzzle velocity: 1660 m/s * Muzzle energy: 12.1 MJ * Penetration: 740 mm

3VBM?/3BM69 "Vacuum-1"

Entered service in 2005 Uses a new sabot. Reported to be uranium alloy. For 2A82/2A82-1M cannon on T-80UM-2/ T-14s. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 900 mm * Round weight: ? * Projectile weight (including sabot): ? * Projectile weight: estimated 11 kg * Muzzle velocity: 2050 m/s * Muzzle energy: 15–24 MJ (described 15MJ probably refer to high-explosive shell) * Penetration: 1,000 mm at 0° at 2000m

3VBM?/3BM70 "Vacuum-2"

Entered service in 2005. Uses a new sabot. Identical to 3BM69 in dimensions, the difference being that the projectile is made out of tungsten. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 900mm * Round weight: * Projectile weight (including sabot): ? * Muzzle velocity: ? * Muzzle energy: ? * Penetration: 900 mm at 0° at 2000 m

DTW-125

Second-generation Chinese sabot round (). "II" and "II M" are the export versions with slightly reduced penetration. "BT-4" is a newer export version with equivalent penetration for the

VT-4 The VT-4 (), also known as the MBT-3000, is a Chinese third generation main battle tank built by Norinco for overseas export. Development During the development of Type 90-II/Al-Khalid (also known as MBT-2000) in the 1980s, the gearbox and ...

. * Country of origin:

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* Projectile dimension: 680 mm * Round weight: 22.6 kg * Projectile weight (including sabot): 11.8 kg * Muzzle velocity: 1700 m/s * Muzzle energy: ? * Penetration: 600 mm at 0° at 2000 m

DTC10-125

Third-generation Chinese sabot round () unveiled in 2017. Subject of a data leak on

War Thunder ''War Thunder'' is a free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game developed and published by Gaijin Entertainment. Announced in 2011, it was first released in November 2012 as an open beta with a worldwide release in January 2013; it had ...

forum in June 2022 (leaked data is used here). This performance value is identical to value shown on Chinese state media, CCTV7. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: ~705 mm * Round weight: ? * Projectile weight (including sabot): ? * Muzzle velocity: 1760 m/s * Muzzle energy: ? * Penetration: 220 mm (LOS 680 mm RHA equivalent) RHA at 71.12° at 2000 m, ≥90% of the time

HEAT-FS

High-explosive anti-tank High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. The warhead functions by having an explosive charge collapse a metal liner inside the warhead into a high-velocity ...

(HEAT) fin stabilized (HEAT-FS) rounds. Typically used against lighter or older

s and armoured personnel carriers.

3VBK7/3BK12

Entered service 1962. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 680 mm * Projectile weight: 19 kg * Max dispersion: 0.21 mil (0.21 mrad) * Muzzle velocity: 905 m/s * Charge:

shaped charge A shaped charge is an explosive charge shaped to form an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) to focus the effect of the explosive's energy. Different types of shaped charges are used for various purposes such as cutting and forming metal, ini ...

, steel liner, A-IX-1 (

RDX RDX (abbreviation of "Research Department eXplosive") or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (O2N2CH2)3. It is a white solid without smell or taste, widely used as an explosive. Chemically, it is classified as a ...

phlegmatized A phlegmatized explosive is an explosive that has had an agent (a phlegmatizer) added to stabilize or desensitize it. Phlegmatizing usually improves the handling properties of an explosive (e.g. when munitions are filled in factories. Alfred N ...

with 5% wax), I-238 detonator * Penetration: 420 mm RHA at 0 degrees

3BK12M

Entered service 1968, replacing steel liner with a copper liner. "M" means медь ("copper" in Russian) Uses 3V-15 detonator. Due to Soviet Union's copper economize policy production of the model is limited. Penetration performance claimed to be 10% higher than steel liner version. * Country of origin:

3VBK10/3BK14

Entered service 1968. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 680 mm * Projectile weight: 19 kg * Max dispersion: 0.21 mil (0.21 mrad) * Muzzle velocity: 905 m/s * Charge:

, steel liner, Okfol (phlegmatized HMX with 5% plasticizer) ; 3V-15 detonator * Charge weight: 1.62 kg * Penetration: 450 mm RHA at 0 degrees

3BK14M

Improved version, replacing steel liner with a copper liner.

3VBK16/3BK18

Entered service estimated 1975. Introduced wave-shaping booster. * Country of origin:

* Round weight: 29.0 kg * Projectile dimension: 680 mm * Projectile weight: 19 kg * Max dispersion: 0.21 mil (0.21 mrad) * Muzzle velocity: 905 m/s * Charge:

, steel liner, Okfol (phlegmatized HMX with 5% plasticizer); 3V-15 detonator * Penetration: 500 mm RHA at 0 degrees

3BK18M

Improved warhead. Entered service estimated 1978, replacing steel liner with a copper liner. Improved wave-shaping booster. * Country of origin:

* Projectile weight: 19.02 kg * Muzzle velocity: 905 m/s * Penetration: 550 mm RHA at 0 degrees

3VBK17/3BK21

Entered service estimated 1980. Enhancements to improve reliability of the copper jet formation. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 680 mm * Projectile weight: 19 kg * Max dispersion: 0.21 mil (0.21 mrad) * Muzzle velocity: 905 m/s * Charge:

, copper liner, Okfol (phlegmatized HMX with 5% plasticizer); 3V-15 detonator * Penetration: 550 mm RHA at 0 degrees

3BK21B

Entered service estimated 1982. "Material B" depleted uranium alloy liner to enhance penetration of advanced composite armours like

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. * Country of origin:

* Projectile dimension: 680 mm * Projectile weight: 19 kg * Muzzle velocity: 905 m/s * Penetration: 750 mm RHA at 0 degrees

3VBK21/3BK25

Entered service estimated 1985. * Country of origin:

* Muzzle velocity: 905 m/s

3VBK25/3BK29 "Breyk"

Entered service estimated 1988. A new type of explosive-filling was applied, which improved focusing of the jet stream. * Country of origin:

* Round weight: 28.4 kg * Projectile dimension: 680 mm * Projectile weight: 18.4 kg * Muzzle velocity: 915 m/s * Penetration: 350mm to 400mm RHA at 60 degree

tandem-charge A tandem-charge or dual-charge weapon is an explosive device or projectile that has two or more stages of detonation, assisting it to penetrate either reactive armour on an armoured vehicle or strong structures. Anti-tank Tandem charges are ...

3VBK25M/3BK29M

* Country of origin:

* Projectile weight: 18.4 kg * Charge weight: 1.62 kg * Muzzle velocity: 915 m/s * Penetration: Estimated at 800 mm

HEAT

3VBK27/3BK31 "Start"

First seen publicly in 1998. Reportedly a triple charge warhead intended to reduce efficiency of NERA elements. * Country of origin:

* Projectile weight: 18.4 kg * Charge weight: 1.62 kg * Muzzle velocity: 915 m/s * Penetration: Estimated at 800 mm (triple charge HEAT)

HE-frag-FS

High explosive An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. An exp ...

fragmentation fin stabilised. General purpose rounds, for use against infantry,

bunker A bunker is a defensive military fortification designed to protect people and valued materials from falling bombs, artillery, or other attacks. Bunkers are almost always underground, in contrast to blockhouses which are mostly above ground. T ...

s and light vehicles and other "soft" targets.

3VOF22/3OF19

Entered service in 1962. Uses the 3V-21 detonator (mass = 0.431 kg, reliability = 0.98). The 90% lethal zone for infantry is reported to be 40 m wide and 20 m deep. * Country of origin:

* Round weight: 33.0 kg * Projectile weight: 23.0 kg * Muzzle velocity: 850 m/s * Max dispersion: 0.23 mil (0.23 mrad) * Charge weight: 3.148 kg * Charge:

TNT Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagen ...

3VOF36/3OF26

Entered service in 1970. Uses the 3V-21 detonator (mass = 0.431 kg, reliability = 0.98). The projectile creates between 600 and 2,000 fragments. The body is made up of 45Kh1 steel or 60S2 high-fragmentation steel for modern projectiles. Modern projectiles creates up to 2,500 effective fragments. * Country of origin:

* Round weight: 33.0 kg * Projectile weight: 23.0 kg * Muzzle velocity: 850 m/s * Max dispersion: 0.23 mil (0.23 mrad) * Charge weight: 3.4 kg * Charge: A-IX-2 (73%

, 23%

aluminium Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...

powder,

with 4% wax) 3.4 kg

3VOF128/3OF82

Entered service in 2014. Uses the 3VM-18 programmable detonator. The projectile contains 450 tungsten rods, each weighing 3 grams and creates 2,500 fragments in a cone formation ahead of the projectile when air burst mode is set. Air burst mode for use against infantry, light vehicles and

helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...

s, delayed mode use against

s and other constructions. Is currently used on the 2A46M-5 gun, mounted on the T-90M. * Country of origin:

* Round weight: 33.0 kg * Projectile weight: 23.0 kg * Muzzle velocity: 850 m/s * Max dispersion: 0.23 mil (0.23 mrad) * Charge weight: 3.0 kg * Charge: A-IX-2 (73%

, 23%

powder,

with 4% wax) 3.0 kg

Shrapnel-FS

3VSh7/3Sh7 "Voron"

Entered service in 1975. Uses the 3VM-17 time detonator. For use against wide area infantry and light vehicles. Time of detonation setting is mechanical, for modernization, the shell fuze could be set automatically by improved "Ainet" systems or "Kalina" systems, which are available on the T-90K commander tank or the regular

main battle tank A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank, is a tank that fills the role of armor-protected direct fire and maneuver in many modern armies. Cold War-era development of more powerful engines, better suspension sys ...

s such as the T-90A, T-90M, T-80UA, and the T-14 Armata main battle tank. * Country of origin:

* Round weight: 31.3 kg * Projectile weight: 21.3 kg * Muzzle velocity: 900 m/s * Projectiles contain:4,700 flechette weighing 1.26 g each * Charge weight: 0.08 kg (A-IX-1)

3VSh8/3Sh8 "Ainet"

Entered service in 1988. Uses the 3VM-12 programmable detonator. A part of Remote detonation system "Ainet" on T-80UK commander tank. * Country of origin:

* Round weight: 31.3 kg * Projectile weight: 21.3 kg * Muzzle velocity: 900 m/s * Projectiles contain: 4,700 flechettes weighing 1.26 g each * Charge weight: 0.08 kg (A-IX-1)

ATGW/ATGM

9M112 Kobra

The

9K112 Kobra The 9K112 Kobra ( NATO reporting name: AT-8 Songster) is a SACLOS anti-tank missile system of the Soviet Union. It is fired from the 125 mm main guns of the T-64 and T-80 series of tanks. A newer design based on the same concept is the 9M119 ...

(NATO reporting name is AT-8 Songster) is also fired from the 125 mm main guns of the T-64 and T-80 series of tanks * Country of origin:

* Projectile weight: 23.2 kg * Warhead weight: 4.5 kg * Guidance system: Radio-command guided * Range: 100 – 4000 m * Penetration: Estimated at after ERA

HEAT

9M119 Refleks

The 9M119 Svir and 9M119M Refleks ( NATO reporting name: ''AT-11 Sniper'') anti-tank guided missile has

semi-automatic command to line of sight Semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) is a method of missile command guidance. In SACLOS, the operator has to continually point a sighting device at the target while the missile is in flight. Electronics in the sighting device and/or th ...

(SACLOS) laser beam riding guidance and a tandem

HEAT warhead. It has an effective range of 75 m to 5000 m, and takes 17.6 seconds to reach maximum range. Refleks can penetrate about of steel armour and can engage low-flying air targets such as helicopters. * Country of origin:

* Projectile weight: 16.5 kg * Warhead weight: 4.5 kg * Guidance system: Laser beam riding * Range: 75 – 5000 m * Penetration: Estimated at after ERA tandem charge HEAT

3UBK21 Sprinter

Designed for the 2A82-1M gun on

tanks, the 3UBK21 Sprinter has

millimeter wave Extremely high frequency (EHF) is the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) designation for the band of radio frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum from 30 to 300 gigahertz (GHz). It lies between the super high frequency band and the ...

(SACLOS) guidance and a tandem shaped-charge HEAT warhead. It has an effective range of 50 m to 12000 m. and can penetrate of steel

rolled homogeneous armour Rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) is a type of vehicle armour made of a single steel composition hot-rolled to improve its material characteristics, as opposed to layered or cemented armour. Its first common application was in tanks. After World ...

(RHAe) after

explosive reactive armour Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour that reacts in some way to the impact of a weapon to reduce the damage done to the vehicle being protected. It is most effective in protecting against shaped charges and specially hardened kinetic ener ...

(ERA). It can also engage low-flying air targets such as helicopters. * Country of origin:

* Projectile weight: ? * Warhead weight: ? * Guidance system: millimeter wave * Range: 50 – 12000 m * Penetration: Estimated at after ERA tandem charge HEAT

Guided shell

Sokol-1

The Sokol-1 guided shell is fired from the 125 mm main gun, it borrowed design from the 152mm artillery shell 3OF75 Santimetr-M and both have very similar appearance, but with an added shaped charge cap into its design similar to the

M712 Copperhead The M712 Copperhead is a 155 mm caliber cannon-launched guided projectile. It is a fin-stabilized, terminally laser guided, explosive shell intended to engage hard point targets such as tanks, self-propelled howitzers or other high-value targe ...

, intended to defeat heavily armoured targets. It uses the technique that is referred to as the Russian concept of impulse corrections (RCIC), an impulse steering flight control system to correct the projectile's trajectory. * Country of origin:

* Projectile weight: 23.0 kg * Muzzle velocity: 850 m/s * Guidance system: Semi-Active Laser/Passive target contour-based * Range: 0.1 – 5.0 km（direct fire）
12 km（

indirect fire Indirect fire is aiming and firing a projectile without relying on a direct line of sight between the gun and its target, as in the case of direct fire. Aiming is performed by calculating azimuth and inclination, and may include correcting aim ...

） * Warhead: High-explosive/ penetration shaped charge

3UBK14F1/9M119F1

The 3UBK14F1 guided shell is fired from the 125 mm main gun, its design was modified from 9M119 missile, removing the rocket motor and replacing it with an extra

thermobaric A thermobaric weapon, also called an aerosol bomb, a vacuum bomb or a fuel air explosive (FAE), is a type of explosive that uses oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion. The fuel–air explosive is one of the be ...

warhead, turning it into a guided shell. Its range was decreased to 3.5 km, and it is claimed to have three times the explosive power of regular thermobaric variant 125 mm guided missiles. * Country of origin:

* Projectile weight: 16.5 kg * Muzzle velocity: 284 m/s * Guidance system: Laser beam riding * Range: 0.1 – 3.5 km * Warhead: Thermobaric estimated 15 kg

equivalent

References

External links

Vasiliy Fofanov's Modern Russian Armour Page
- Extensive information

- Explosive compositions and designations {{DEFAULTSORT:125 Mm Smoothbore Ammunition Large-caliber cartridges

APFSDS-T

3VBM3/3BM9/10

3VBM6/3BM12/13

3VBM7/3BM15/16

3VBM8/3BM17/18

3VBM9/3BM22/23

3VBM10/3BM29/30

3VBM11/3BM26/27

3VBM13/3BM32/33 (3BM32 "Vant")

3VBM17/3BM42 (3BM42 "Mango")

3VBM19/3BM42M (3BM44M "Lekalo")

3VBM20/3BM46 (3BM48 "Svinets")

3VBM23/3BM60 (3BM60 "Svinets-2")

3VBM22/3BM59 (3BM59 "Svinets-1")

3VBM?/3BM69 "Vacuum-1"

3VBM?/3BM70 "Vacuum-2"

DTW-125

DTC10-125

HEAT-FS

3VBK7/3BK12

3BK12M

3VBK10/3BK14

3BK14M

3VBK16/3BK18

3BK18M

3VBK17/3BK21

3BK21B

3VBK21/3BK25

3VBK25/3BK29 "Breyk"

3VBK25M/3BK29M

3VBK27/3BK31 "Start"

HE-frag-FS

3VOF22/3OF19

3VOF36/3OF26

3VOF128/3OF82

Shrapnel-FS

3VSh7/3Sh7 "Voron"

3VSh8/3Sh8 "Ainet"

ATGW/ATGM

9M112 Kobra

9M119 Refleks

3UBK21 Sprinter

Guided shell

Sokol-1

3UBK14F1/9M119F1

See also

References

External links