Editing Shell (projectile) (section)

====Types of armour-piercing ammunition====
* Solid shell ("shot") - a solid penetrator that uses only initial impact energy to penetrate armour
** [[Armour-piercing shell|Armour-piercing]] (AP) 
** [[Armour-piercing ballistic capped]] (APBC) - a shot with a cover to improve aerodynamics
**  [[Armour-piercing capped]] (APC)
**  [[Armour-piercing, capped, ballistic capped shell|Armour-piercing capped ballistic capped]] (APCBC)
** [[Armour-piercing ammunition#APCR/HVAP|Armour-piercing composite rigid]] (APCR), also known as High-Velocity Armour-Piercing (HVAP)  
** [[Armour-piercing ammunition#APCNR / APSV|Armour-piercing composite non-rigid]] (APCNR), also known as Armour-Piercing Super-Velocity (APSV) - [[Squeeze bore|fired from a tapering barrel]]
**  [[Armour-piercing discarding sabot]] (APDS)
** [[Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot]] (APFSDS)
* Hard shell with explosives – a mostly solid shell with an explosive element that detonates, after the shell has penetrated the armour using its impact velocity
**  [[Armour-piercing ammunition#APHE / SAPHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive]] (APHE)
**  Armour-piercing high-explosive tracer (APHE-T) - an APHE with tracer in base
**  Semi-armour-piercing ([[Glossary of British ordnance terms#S.A.P.|SAP]])
**Semi-armour-piercing high-explosive (SAPHE)
** [[Semi-armor piercing high explosive incendiary|Semi-armour-piercing high-explosive incendiary]] (SAPHEI)
**  Semi-armour-piercing high-explosive incendiary tracer (SAPHEI-T)
* Indirect-penetration shell – a shell with a mechanism that is triggered upon impact to cause damage behind armour
**  [[High-explosive anti-tank warhead|High-explosive anti-tank]] (HEAT)
** [[High-explosive squash head]] (HESH), also known as High-explosive plastic/plasticized (HEP)