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'''Armour-piercing ammunition''' ('''AP''') is a type of [[projectile]] designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including [[naval armour]], [[body armour]], [[vehicle armour]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Armour-piercing projectile|url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/armour-piercing-projectile|access-date=2021-02-19|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>
The first major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armour carried on many [[warship]]s and cause damage to their lightly armoured interiors. From the 1920s onwards, armour-piercing weapons were required for [[anti-tank warfare]]. AP rounds smaller than 20 mm are intended for lightly armoured targets such as body armour, [[bulletproof glass]], and lightly armoured vehicles.
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