Swedish 8mm ammunition

I found a two year old bugreport from “strv122” and wanted to share, i also added some more things.


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slprj m/39 = tracer
projectile mass = 11g
velocity at 25m = 780m/s

pprj m/39 = armour piercing
projectile mass = 11.8g
velocity at 25m = 810m/s
penetration at 0m 0° = ~17mm

brandprj m/41 = its name is incendiary, but looks like API?
projectile mass = 9.8g
velocity at 25m = 835m/s
cant find the amount of explosives in the round
penetration at 0m 0° = ~15.5mm

Sources:

Community Bug Reporting System
https://tanks.mod16.org/pdf/Amregister,%201960.pdf
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Calculation of Armour Penetration | War Thunder Wiki

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Because it is. It’s basically identical to German 7.92mm API for aircraft guns.

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