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What does armor-piercing mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word armor-piercing? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (military) Referring to devices (typically munitions) intended to pierce armor
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Combined with its high density, it is a material well-suited for armor-piercing ammunition.
The majority are so-called dual-purpose, combining armor-piercing and anti-personnel fragmentation effects.
Each one sprays a huge area with more than 200 soda-can-size armor-piercing bomblets.
An armor-piercing shell is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate armor.
The other was said to be five explosively formed penetrators, another armor-piercing weapon.
Initially this will involve looking at long-range attacks with an armor-piercing weapon.

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