Jogger finds 120mm armor-piercing tank round on afternoon run

By Chris Eger

While not extremely common, static displays of APFSDS rounds are available on the civilian market and it should be noted the sabot found is incomplete and the shoe is held on to the dart with a hose clamp. (Photo: Harrisburg Police)
The Pennsylvania State Police Bomb Squad was called out after a jogger flagged down local authorities to show them what they found on a Susquehanna River bank.
The Harrisburg Bureau of Police said in a statement the jogger informed police on Sunday around 1:30 pm there was a strange object in the river bank near the Front Street River Walk at Peffer Street. “Officers identified the object as a possible tank Sabot projectile,” the statement says.
The round, technically an armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot, or APFSDS, uses a spin-stabilized armor penetrating dart wrapped in a shoe to allow the sub-caliber penetrator to be fired from a larger tank gun or artillery piece. Using kinetic energy and not explosives, the round is typically used as a “silver bullet” by tanks to kill other tanks by penetrating the vehicle’s armor and igniting the contents inside. The dart is typically made of a heavy metal such as tungsten or depleted uranium.
While not extremely common, NFA-compliant

Source: Guns.com