anti material vs anti armour

[xXNightEagleXx]

What is the main difference between anti material vs anti armour?

[ricktoberfest]

If I understand your question right- anti armour has penetration aids to get through armour, anti material is explosive to do more damage to lightly armoured stuff like trucks and infantry

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Captain Midnight]

Yep, basically anti-armor is either explosively formed penetrator comprised of a copper jet at about 1 million atmospheres of pressure or a depleted uranium rod. Both penetrate the armor of tanks. Mavericks and other missiles have the copper jets. Sabot rounds use the rods. Anti-material is just HE or HEDP. High explosive. Usually in high caliber shells or grenades.

Edited October 30, 2015 by Captain Midnight

[xXNightEagleXx]

Thanks

[Weta43]

Unless you're talking about rifles, in which case anti-material refers to heavy caliber rifles that are capable of destroying 'material' rather than just 'personnel' (or personnel after passing through 'materiel').

Usually chambered for 50 cal BMG equivalent or bigger.

 

For example: "The KSVK 12.7 is a 12.7mm anti-materiel sniper rifle developed in Russia for the purpose of counter sniping and penetrating thick walls, as well as light armored vehicles."

[Fri13]

Yes, for rifles the Anti-Material is a rifle that is offers long range and enough accuracy to destroy materials like radios, aircrafts, ground vehicles etc.

It is used just to fire a couple rounds from that 800-1500m range and then flee the area quickly.

 

A parked aircraft on road airstrip doesn't fly for a while when you have made a hole to its engine, fuel tanks or you have just punched through the avionics. And for such work a 0.5m accuracy is more than enough.

 

Or if you find a enemy communication center, SAM, radar emplacement etc, a single 12.7mm can disable the whole site when well planned where to hit.

 

For Armor Piercing Other usage is to shoot tanks rear (A tank is any vehicle that has tracks, is armored against small calibers and has weapon for self-defence, like M113 is a tank) to disable those. Some better armored tanks like MBT (Main Battle Tanks) you can disable by shooting at the rear armor or engine blocks from above from closer ranges and there 12.7mm is still enough in many cases to penetrate and do serious damage. And of course more less armored vehicles from trucks to APC etc.

[SirBunker]

I don't want to be the "grammar-nazi" here but you guys are all repeating the same typo :)

 

It's "anti-materiel", materiel meaning military equipment.

[Captain Midnight]

I don't want to be the "grammar-nazi" here but you guys are all repeating the same typo

 

It's "anti-materiel", materiel meaning military equipment.

 

Don't make me break out the Big Book of British Smiles.

Edited November 1, 2015 by Captain Midnight

[sobek]

Yep, basically anti-armor is either explosively formed penetrator comprised of a copper jet at about 1 million atmospheres of pressure or a depleted uranium rod.

 

That applies just if you are talking about tank munition.

 

In the grater scheme of things, anti armor are a class of projectiles that either owe their target effect to their high terminal kinetic energy or stored chemical energy, the point being that in either case, the energy is sought to be focused on a very small portion of the target hull to achieve a maximum of armor penetration. APFSDS is just one way to achieve this. E.g., the PGU-14 is considered API but is not of the SABOT type.

 

Also, penetrator rods need not be made from DU, tungsten carbide has also been used.