Originally posted by /profile/82-ivaporwave/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="82" href="/profile/82-ivaporwave/">@IVaporWave Name: Two-Stage Anti-Armored Personnel Round (T-SA-APR) "Sapper Rounds" Description: The Two-Stage Anti-Armored Personnel Round, or "Sapper Round" is a 40mm Shell that is composed of two different parts. When undeployed, it looks like a canister that has a drill bit protruding out the front. The back has three curved fins that deploy once fired. Around the frontal circumference of the round is a dremel-like row of teeth. The back of the round houses a directional explosive charge that is set off exactly one second after the round makes contact with a target. When shot it rotates in the air at a speed of 3000 RPM. The high rotation speed of the round gives it a distinct whistling noise as it travels through the air. Pic Related: Abilities: Eliminates Armored foes with ease with minimal collateral damage. Made of relatively common materials, so is inexpensive to produce compared to many anti-armor implements. Conditional Abilities (Optional): Could be used to demolish a wall if in need to do so, if it is of the appropriate thickness. Could eliminate soft targets from the other side of walls that were mentioned in the previous statement. Limitations: Requires the use of a weapons platform that fires 40mm rounds, such as your standard grenade launcher. Is only rated to go through armors that are less than 5 Inches thick. Not preferable to use against vehicles, unless targeting a deliberate section of it, such as an engine block of a tank, or nacelle of a surface aircraft. Can be easily intercepted mid-air by anti-projectile devices found on many modern-day tanks. Intended for engagements between 10-25 Meters and can only be reliably effective up to 50 Meters. Conditional Limitations (Optional): Due to the relatively large size of a 40mm round, you cannot carry too many of these. Any weapon that fires these rounds are very conspicuous How does it work: The Sapper round fires like any normal 40mm shell. The casing of it functions as a sabot for the fins, so they remain undeployed until they exit the barrel of the launcher. The high rotation is a result of a portion the gas released from the shell being vented off to the side. This small amount of gas has a negligible impact on the velocity of the round. The Durasteel tipped drill is able to pierce substantially harder materials due to the high velocity and rotation of the round. The dremel bit around the front of the round are there to help keep the round from falling off the target during the delay from the impact and the ignition of the payload. The payload of the round is comparable to that of a high-explosive grenade, save for that it is directional. The fins function as a way to stabilize the round within the as it rotates, preventing the round from wobbling and preventing the drill bit from properly landing its mark. When hitting a thicker surface that it cannot fully penetrate, the explosion is directed laterally from the round, giving it an unintended, but desired, effect that could easily demolish concrete walls. Attainability: [Open] [size=-2](Previously: Semi-Open. This round is a product of Ocana Technologies and is one of the many forms of specialized ammunition that has been developed and sold by them.)[/size] Tags: Military Category: Ranged Armaments.
