- Source: 25 mm caliber
25 mm caliber is a range of autocannon ammunition. It includes the NATO standardized Swiss 25×137mm, the Swiss 25×184mm, the Soviet 25x218mmSR, and the Chinese 25×183mmB.
Usage
The 25 mm round can be used for anti-materiel or anti-personnel purposes. In the anti-personnel role, a 25 mm weapon armed with HE rounds can kill large numbers of opposing troops either in the open or in light fortifications. In the anti-materiel role, a 25 mm weapon armed with armor-piercing rounds can disable many types of aircraft and ground vehicles, including some main battle tanks.
The US military uses 25 mm weapons in their AV-8B Harrier, AC-130 gunship, M2 Bradley, LAV-25, F-35 Lightning II and as a standard ship-based munition in the Mk 38 autocannon.
Types of 25 mm ammunition
Several sub-types of the NATO 25 mm ammunition are available—the most common being armor-piercing, high-explosive, sabot, tracer, and practice rounds. Cartridges are usually composed of a combination of the aforementioned categories. For example, the M791 is an armor-piercing discarding sabot with tracer (APDS-T) round. It is used against lightly armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, and aerial targets such as helicopters and slow-moving fixed-wing aircraft.
25 mm weapons
= Current weapons
== Historical weapons
=See also
14.5×114mm
20 mm caliber
23 mm caliber
25 mm grenade
30 mm caliber
List of cartridges (weaponry), pistol and rifle
Further reading
U.S. Army Field Manual 3-22.1
External links
Federation of American Scientists: 25mm Ammunition
UXO Safety Information
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 25 mm APX modèle 1937
- Bofors 40 mm
- VBR-Belgium CQBW
- Kaliber 155 mm
- Kapal perusak Jepang Akatsuki (1932)
- Rheinmetall Rh-120
- XM291 (meriam tank)
- KRI Beladau (643)
- 5,7 × 28 mm
- USS Renville
- 25 mm caliber
- 30 mm caliber
- 20 mm caliber
- 155 mm caliber
- 12 mm caliber
- 8 mm caliber
- 9 mm caliber
- 14.5 × 114 mm
- 25 mm
- 25 mm grenade
