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Winchester Ammunition was recently awarded a $43.4 million contract from the United States Army to provide forces with .50 caliber SLAP ammunition.
As first reported in Winchester’s release:
SLAP stands for Saboted Light Armor Penetrator and is designed to defeat lightly armored targets. The .50 caliber SLAP ammunition was first used in 1990 during Operation Desert Storm.
It uses a reduced caliber, heavy metal (tungsten) .30 inch diameter penetrator wrapped in a “plastic” sabot of .50 inch diameter, which is much lighter in weight than normal ball .50 caliber ammunition.
The velocity of SLAP ammunition can also be increased in an original M2 Machine Gun to construct a very fast round with a flat trajectory to enhance impact on the target.