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.50 Caliber - M8 API TDS

This document provides information about the M8 .50 caliber armor piercing incendiary cartridge, which combines the armor piercing and incendiary functions. It has an aluminum bullet tip, weighs 1764 grams, is 5.45 inches long, and uses a percussion primer. The cartridge is classified as a 1.4G explosive and is used in M2 and M85 machine guns against armored and flammable targets.

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.50 Caliber - M8 API TDS

This document provides information about the M8 .50 caliber armor piercing incendiary cartridge, which combines the armor piercing and incendiary functions. It has an aluminum bullet tip, weighs 1764 grams, is 5.45 inches long, and uses a percussion primer. The cartridge is classified as a 1.4G explosive and is used in M2 and M85 machine guns against armored and flammable targets.

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TM 43-0001-27

CARTRIDGE, CALIBER .50, BALL, ARMOR PIERCING INCENDIARY, M8

Type Classification: Weight ...................... NA


Incendiary:
OBS - MSR 11756003. Type ......................... IM 11
Weight ......................... 15 gr
Use: Propellant:
Type ......................... WC 860
Machine Guns, Caliber .50, M2 and M85. The cartridge Weight ...................... 233 gr
combines the functions of the M2 armor piercing bullet Projectile:
and the incendiary bullet, and is used against flammable Weight ...................... 622.5 gr
targets and light-armored or unarmored targets,
concrete shelters, and similar bullet-resisting targets. Performance:

Description: Chamber pressure........ 59,000 psi


Velocity ........................ 2910 fps, 78 ft from
BALL Cartridge. The cartridge is identified by an muzzle
aluminum bullet tip.
Shipping and Storage Data:
Tabulated Data:
Quantity-distance class/
DODAC........................ 1305-A531 SCG.......................... 1.4G
UNO serial number ...... 0300 Storage code................ Class V
UNO proper shipping DOT shipping class ...... C
name ........................ Ammunition, DOT designation .......... SMALL ARMS
incendiary AMMUNITION
Weight ......................... 1764 gr Drawing number........... 7970238
Length.......................... 5.45 in. (138.4 mm)
Tracer .......................... NA References:
Primer.......................... Percussion
Fuze ........................... NA SB 700-20
Explosive: TM 9-1005-213-10
Type ......................... NA TM 9-1005-231-10
TM 9-1300-206

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