Editing Armour-piercing ammunition (section)

== Aerial bombs ==
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Armour-piercing [[Aerial bomb|bombs dropped by aircraft]] were used during [[World War II]] against [[Capital ship|capital]] and other armoured ships. Among the [[List of Japanese World War II navy bombs|bombs used by]] the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] in the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] were {{convert|800|kg|lb|abbr=on}} armour-piercing bombs, modified from {{convert|41|cm|adj=on|sp=us|1}} naval shells,<ref>{{cite book|last=Stillwell|first=Paul|title=Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1991|isbn=0-87021-023-8|oclc=2365447|pages=274–276}}</ref> which succeeded in sinking the battleship {{USS|Arizona|BB-39|6}}.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hone|author1-link=Thomas C. Hone |first=Thomas C. |date=December 1977 |title=The Destruction of the Battle Line at Pearl Harbor |magazine=[[Proceedings (magazine)|Proceedings]] |volume=103 |issue=12 |pages=56–57 |publisher=[[United States Naval Institute]] |url=https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1977/december/destruction-battle-line-pearl-harbor |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The ''[[Luftwaffe]]'''s [[PC 1400]] armour-piercing bomb and the derived [[Fritz X]] [[Precision-guided munition|precision-guided bomb]] were able to penetrate {{convert|130|mm|in|abbr=on}} of armour.<ref>Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. "Fritz-X", in ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 10, p. 1037.</ref> The ''Luftwaffe'' also developed [[German rocket propelled bombs of World War II|a series of bombs]] propelled by [[Rocket (weapon)|rockets]] to assist in penetrating the armour of ships and similar targets.<ref>{{Cite book |contribution=Rocket-Propelled Bomb PC 1000 Rs |title=Catalog Of Enemy Ordnance Material |publisher=Office of the Chief of Ordnance |date=1 August 1945<!-- |url=http://www.paperlessarchives.com/FreeTitles/CatalogOfEnemyOrdnanceMateriel.pdf -->|page=316<!-- pdf p112-->}}</ref>