Also: Patrone SmK (Spitzgeschoss mit Kern) 7.92x57 mm Mauser
The K bullet is a 7.92x57 mm Mauser caliber armor-piercing
Armor-piercing shot and shell
An armor-piercing shell is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate armor. From the 1860s to 1950s, a major application of armor-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armor carried on many warships.... bullet
Bullet
A bullet is a hard projectile propelled by a firearm, Sling , or air gun and is normally made from metal. A bullet does not contain explosives, but damages the intended target by tissue or mechanical disruption through impact or penetration.... which has a tool steel
Tool steel
Tool steel refers to a variety of carbon steel and alloy steels that are particularly well-suited to be made into tools. Their suitability comes from their distinctive hardness, resistance to Wear#Abrasive wear, their ability to hold a cutting edge, and/or their resistance to deformation at elevated temperatures .... core and which was designed to be fired from a standard Mauser
Mauser
Mauser is a German arms manufacturer, maker of a line of bolt-action rifles and pistols from the 1870s to present. Their designs were built for the German armed forces but have been exported and licensed to a number of countries since the later Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries, as well as being a popular civilian firearm.... rifle. It was used by the German infantry against the first British tank
Tank
A tank is a Continuous track, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility and Military tactics Offensive and defence capabilities.... s in World War I
World War I
World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers.... . The K bullet had a probability of approximately one-third to penetrate armor 12-13 mm thick up to a distance of 100 meters.
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Also: Patrone SmK (Spitzgeschoss mit Kern) 7.92x57 mm Mauser
The K bullet is a 7.92x57 mm Mauser caliber armor-piercing
Armor-piercing shot and shell
An armor-piercing shell is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate armor. From the 1860s to 1950s, a major application of armor-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armor carried on many warships.... bullet
Bullet
A bullet is a hard projectile propelled by a firearm, Sling , or air gun and is normally made from metal. A bullet does not contain explosives, but damages the intended target by tissue or mechanical disruption through impact or penetration.... which has a tool steel
Tool steel
Tool steel refers to a variety of carbon steel and alloy steels that are particularly well-suited to be made into tools. Their suitability comes from their distinctive hardness, resistance to Wear#Abrasive wear, their ability to hold a cutting edge, and/or their resistance to deformation at elevated temperatures .... core and which was designed to be fired from a standard Mauser
Mauser
Mauser is a German arms manufacturer, maker of a line of bolt-action rifles and pistols from the 1870s to present. Their designs were built for the German armed forces but have been exported and licensed to a number of countries since the later Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries, as well as being a popular civilian firearm.... rifle. It was used by the German infantry against the first British tank
Tank
A tank is a Continuous track, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility and Military tactics Offensive and defence capabilities.... s in World War I
World War I
World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers.... . The K bullet had a probability of approximately one-third to penetrate armor 12-13 mm thick up to a distance of 100 meters.
