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First Look: US Army’s Armor Piercing Tungsten-Cored XM1158 Round

Posted March 23, 2018 in Ammunition, Daily News, Defense by Matthew Moss with 24 Comments

The first photographs of the tungsten carbide cores for the US Army’s new XM1158 round have surfaced. The Army’s 7.62x51mm XM1158 Advanced Armor Piercing (ADVAP) round featured in the US Army’s Manufacturing Technology program 2018 Fiscal Year [Read More…]