Munitions with the deepest armour penetration

42 of the 90 munitions in the WeaponSpecs database publish a penetration figure, and the top 25 are listed here. Ranked on the published number alone, highest first, with no weighting and no composite score. The 48 munitions with no published figure are not ranked, absent data is never treated as a low value.

6 of the 25 entries below (Russia, China) rest on manufacturer or state claims with limited independent verification, marked † in the table. Treat their position in this ranking as directional, not tested.

Munitions with the deepest armour penetration, ranked by published penetration
#	System	Penetration	Source
1	GBU-28 Raytheon (RTX)	6,000 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
2	GBU-39 SDB Boeing	1,000 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
3	LAHAT gun-launched ATGM Israel Aerospace Industries	800 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
4	9M119M Invar gun-launched ATGM † KBP Instrument Design Bureau	750 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
5	M829A4 APFSDS General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems	750 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
6	9M119 Refleks gun-launched ATGM † KBP Instrument Design Bureau	700 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
7	DM63 APFSDS Rheinmetall	700 mm RHA	on spec sheet checked 2026-07-05
8	GP125 gun-launched ATGM † NORINCO	700 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
9	K281 gun-launched ATGM Poongsan Corporation	700 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
10	M829A3 APFSDS General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems	680 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
11	DM53 APFSDS Rheinmetall	650 mm RHA	on spec sheet checked 2026-07-05
12	K279 APFSDS Poongsan Corporation	650 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
13	3BM60 Svinets-2 APFSDS † KBP Instrument Design Bureau	650 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
14	Type 10 APFSDS Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (JSW)	650 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
15	L52A3 APFSDS BAE Systems	650 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
16	OFL 120 G1 APFSDS Nexter Systems	650 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
17	9M112 Kobra gun-launched ATGM KBP Instrument Design Bureau	600 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
18	M830A1 HEAT-MP General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems	600 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
19	3BM46 Svinets APFSDS † KBP Instrument Design Bureau	600 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
20	M829A2 APFSDS General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems	600 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
21	L27A1 CHARM 3 APFSDS BAE Systems	600 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
22	DM43 APFSDS Rheinmetall	560 mm RHA	on spec sheet checked 2026-07-05
23	OFL 120 F1 APFSDS Nexter Systems	550 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
24	DTW125 APFSDS † NORINCO	550 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05
25	3BM42 Mango APFSDS KBP Instrument Design Bureau	500 mm RHA	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-05

Compiled from public manufacturer, defense-ministry and reference sources. Published defense figures are approximations and are often stated under different conditions, so treat this ordering as directional rather than a tested result. A board is only generated where at least 5 systems in the class publish the figure. How we compile specs →

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