So you think after I post this anyone will stick to their lame story silver demand hasn't increased since 9-11?:
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Back&round on Fiftv Caliber Armor Piercing Ammunition
The power and destructiveness of fifty caliber sniper weapons can be dramarically enhanced by the use of specialized annor piercing and annor piercing incendiary ammunition. With this ammunition, fifty caliber sniper weapons can pierce several inches of metal, explode on impact, or provide tracers to increase accuracy for night shooting.
The standard ammunition for the fifty caliber rifle is the "ball" round, which has no specialized tip color. The "ball tracer" round, with its brown or dark orange tip, releases a substance as it travels through the air so its trajectory can be traced. Tracer rounds are used to increase accuracy during shooting at night. They often are used in conjunction with nontracer ammunition, however, since they reveal the shooter's position as well as the round's trajectory.
" Armor piercing" or "AY' ammunition was developed for special military applications. Normally identified by its black tip, AP rounds are reinforced and can penetrate substances more deeply than other types of ammunition. AP ammunition is designed specifically for use nst armored targets. Armor piercing ammunition can be enhanced further with gun powder that ignites upon impact. This "armor piercing incendiary" or " APf' ammunition has a silver tip and is designed for use against armored targets that contain flammable liquids, such as gasoline or aviation fuel. " Annor piercing incendiary tracer" or " APlT" ammunition, as evident from its name, includes all of the elements above-armor-piercing capacity, incendiary effect, and tracer ability. APU has a silver and red tip.
On Apri128, 1999, the United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper School invited the minority staff to their training facility in Quantico, Virginia, to see a demonstration of the fifty caliber weapon. During this demonstration, the Marine instructors discussed the destructive power of several fifty caliber rounds. 9 They showed how armor piercing rounds penetrated one inch thick rolled homogeneous armor found on arnlored vehicles throughout the world, a three and a half inch thick steel manhole cover, a tWo inch thick steel track from a tractor, a piece of three quarter inch bullet-resistant glass, and four cinder blocks with three quarter inch walls laid end-to-end. Finally, a Marine shooter fired multiple shots in rapid succession completely through a six hundred pound safe.
During this demonstration, the Marine instructor identified additional types offtfty caliber ammunition, including the following:
BMG: This fIfty caliber "browning machine gun" round is a 660 grain bullet fIred at 2800 feet per second. M8 API Round: This round provides armor piercing and incendiary effects against lightly annored targets. SLAP Round: The "Sabot Light Armor Penetrator" round has a plastic shoe that is discarded as the round is fired. A tungsten carbide dart continues on at over 4000 feet per second to penetrate armored targets. Raufoss Round: The Mark 211 Mod-O Raufoss round provides armor piercing and incendiary effect inside a target. This green and silver tipped round includes an incendiary mixture that forms a cone as it is fired. Behind the cone is Composition A4 for high explosive effect and Zirconian particles for sustained burning.
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