On a historical note . . .
When the Japanese were planning their attack on Pearl Harbor, one of the problems they faced was how to effectively bomb the battleships and heavier warships, as they didn't have any armour-piercing bombs.
So they attached stabilizing fins to armour-piercing shells scavanged from their battleships.
Between the velocity imparted from falling, from the forward motion of the bombers, and from the significant mass of the shell itself, the modified bombs had more than sufficient kinetic energy to pierce the decking and penetrate deep inside, exploding with horrific effect.
Albrecht von Hesse
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