[Image:ArmorPiercingShell.png|thumb|right|250px|Armor-piercing shell of the APHE
1 Lightweight ballistic cap
2 Steel alloy piercing shell
3 Desensitized bursting
charge (
TNT,
Trinitrophenol,
RDX...)
4 Fuse (set with delay to explode inside the target)
5 Bourrelet (front) and
driving band (rear)]]