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Uncommon card · Science
Armor-piercing bullet, an Uncommon card
Armor-piercing bullets for rifle and handgun cartridges are designed to penetrate ballistic armor and protective shields intended to stop or deflect conventional bullets.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 28
- Power
- 78
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 78 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Armor-piercing bullet quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Armor-piercing bullet card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Rifle cartridges typically discharge bullets at higher muzzle velocity than handgun cartridges due to larger ______ charge.
Answer
propellant. Rifle cartridges typically discharge bullets at higher muzzle velocity than handgun cartridges due to larger propellant charge. From the Armor-piercing bullet article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Aqueous solution. Aqueous solution 59,000 · Graph of a function 36,000 · Applied arts 28,000 · Armor-piercing bullet 21,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Although bullet design is an important factor with regard to armor penetration, the ability of any given projectile to penetrate ballistic armor increases with increasing velocity.
- Rifle cartridges typically discharge bullets at higher muzzle velocity than handgun cartridges due to larger propellant charge.
- However, even the same cartridge fired from a rifle will, in almost all common cases, have a higher velocity than when fired from a handgun.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Armor-piercing bullet article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 28: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Armor-piercing bullet
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Armor-piercing bullet (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thewellman, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
