What does AP stand for?

Armor-Piercing

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Authorities have previously said the men went on training expeditions in the weeks leading up to their arrest in July, practicing military tactics with armor-piercing bullets on a property in rural North Carolina.

Feds: NC terror suspects targeted US military

The superseding indictment said Boyd had obtained the armor-piercing ammunition "to attack the Americans.

New charges against US 'homegrown' terror suspects

In addition to precision-timed grenades, the gun is also built to fire armor-piercing, door-breaching, anti-personnel and less-than-lethal rounds.

US Army testing gun that can take out ' bad guys' hiding around ...

Armor-piercing projectiles made of depleted uranium have caused concern among soldiers storing and using them.

Armor-piercing projectiles

Multi-layered glass to protect against armor-piercing incendiary ammunition and high-energy fragments.

Roadside bombs spur cry for armored civilian vehicles

He wanted all airborne aircraft recovered, refueled, and armed with torpedoes and armor-piercing bombs, and the planes already armed to attack Midway rearmed also with torpedoes and armor-piercing bombs.

Commanders on the spot

Garcia also faces charges of transporting methamphetamine, possessing a machine gun and possessing armor-piercing ammunition.

COP-KILLER SUSPECT ENTERS PLEA GARCIA DENIES CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE

NATO's use of ammunition containing armor-piercing depleted uranium has triggered a fear that this has caused serious illness in soldiers who served in the Balkans.

Veterans of war in the Balkans will be tested. (Disease Watch)