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Old 12-17-09, 12:07 AM   #3
RoaldLarsen
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve View Post
Destroyer guns of the period had Common rounds and nothing else, and carried the wonderfully awkward designation of SAPCBC (Semi-Armour-Piercing Capped British Common).
Ah - a terminology ambiguity, wrt the 'BC' suffix. The later term APCBC stood for Armour-Piercing, Capped, Ballistic Cap.
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