How Fast Is Tank Shell (APFSDS)?

Modern tank kinetic-energy rounds — APFSDS — travel at 1,800 m/s — Mach 5.3. The depleted-uranium dart penetrates 700 mm of homogeneous steel armour through pure kinetic energy, no explosive required. The dart melts through the armour, like a bullet through butter at obscene velocity.

An APFSDS dart penetrates armour through pure kinetic energy — there's no explosive in the dart at all. The depleted uranium tip self-sharpens as it pushes through steel.

• Mach 5.3
• Penetrates 700 mm of steel armour