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# APCR

A lighter, faster shell with higher penetration than AP, less normalization and a steeper penetration loss over distance.

Also known as armor-piercing composite rigid, sub-caliber, HVAP.

APCR [trades](/glossary/trading.md) mass for speed. It flies noticeably faster than [AP](/glossary/armor-piercing.md), which makes it easier to land on moving targets, and it penetrates more [armor](/glossary/armor-thickness.md) at close range.

The trade-offs are real: it normalizes by only two degrees, so it handles sloped armor worse than its raw number suggests, and it sheds [penetration](/glossary/penetration.md) faster with distance. At long range an AP shell can outperform the APCR [round](/glossary/shell.md) that beats it point blank.

It is the premium round on most medium and heavy guns, and the standard round on a few high-velocity ones.

## Related terms

[Armor-piercingThe standard solid shell: reliable damage, moderate penetration, five degrees of normalization and a ricochet beyond 70 degrees.](/glossary/armor-piercing.md)[Premium ammunitionThe higher-penetration round available on nearly every gun, bought with credits and named after the days when it cost gold.](/glossary/premium-ammo.md)[NormalizationThe few degrees a shell turns toward the perpendicular on impact, reducing the effective armor it has to cross.](/glossary/normalization.md)[Shell velocityHow fast a shell travels, in metres per second, which decides how far ahead of a moving target you have to aim.](/glossary/shell-velocity.md)[PenetrationHow much armor a shell can defeat, in millimetres, rolled plus or minus 25 percent on every shot and compared against the effective thickness it hits.](/glossary/penetration.md)

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