The first armor-piercing round was the 6.32 kg (13.9 lb) M72 AP-T, a plain uncapped armor-piercing round whose performance dropped off as range increased due to poor aerodynamics. The M72 was replaced by the 6.63 kg (14.62 lb) M61 armor-piercing ballistic capped high explosive with tracer (APCBC-HE-T) shell.

The M72 LAW (light anti-tank weapon, also referred to as the light anti-armor weapon or LAW as well as LAWS: light anti-armor weapons system) is a portable one-shot 66 mm (2.6 in) unguided anti-tank weapon.

The AP shell for the 75 mm gun was a 15 lb (6.8 kg) projectile with a couple of ounces (60 g) of HE filling propelled by a 2 lb (900 g) charge to 2,000 feet per second (610 m/s). In British service, the AP shell was used without its explosive filling and as such was referred to as "AP Shot M61".

The AP performance of the gun was not great, but it was more than enough to handle Panzer III and IV tanks on an even basis. It also proved effective against tanks like then Panther and Tiger in real world conditions. Real world conditions take into …

Jun 19, 2015 · It would seem silly to get rid of a round that was completely superior to the M-61 against the most common type of armor found on German tanks. Since M72 AP could penetration 92mm of RHA at 500m, and 84mm at 750m, this seems much more in line with the performance of the gun in ALL of the CM games.

Jun 6, 2010 · FM 17-12 Tank Gunnery gives a brief useful summary of ammunition types for gunners: (1) Armor piercing (AP). This ammunition is a solid projectile with a tracer element. 37-mm shot, AP M74, 75-mm shot, AP M72, and 76-mm shot, AP M79, are in this class. This is used for training. (2) Armor piercing capped (APC).

Aug 21, 2018 · I'm doing some research on the M72 AP-T and by all indications it rather quickly went out of favor early in the US involvement in the war. While no doubt its replacement got the bulk of the action, do we know if the M72 remained in use for combat during the war, or was it reserved for target practice and other non-combat usages only?

It has a 1.5-caliber radius of ogive, a rotating band gilding metal, a fringing groove, a single groove for stab crimping of the cartridge case to the projectile, and a boat-tail base with a 9 degree taper.

Packing a punch in the field of Light Tanks and Tier 1 Mediums, the 75mm AP M72 only meets its match counterparts-wise with the 7.5cm Panzergranate 39 and 76.2mm UBR-354A. Unfortunately, it ultimately serves little use as the 75mm APC, M61, Shot serves as a …

Feb 28, 2016 · 75mm M72 AP-T was a solid AP projectile with a tracer element and no penetrating or ballistic cap. 76mm M79 AP-T was the same." The British referred to M61 as 75mm APCBC (and occasionally as APHE) and to M72 as AP.