Armour-Piercing Explosive Incendiary

Also called Multi-Purpose (MP), this projectile has a heavy tungsten alloy core to
pierce armour. Upon penetration, a pyrotechnical delay fuze in the tip detonates an
explosive filler about 30 cm behind the impact point, spraying fragments and
incendiary particles inside the target.
Halve the Armour Value against an attack with APEI rounds, but also halve the
damage that penetrates. If the target has at least Armour Value 10 against HV
rounds (p. 26), it will always detonate, adding 1D6 Explosion and 1D3 Burn to
damage. Primarily intended to combat vehicles, it is also deadly against personnel,
although the impact in flesh will often not detonate it (requires a Luck roll). The
most common round of this type is the Raufoss MK 211-series in .50 Browning,
introduced in Norway in 1981 and widely used in heavy machine guns and antimateriel
rifles, including by the US military. NATO APEI rounds are identified by their red
projectiles and green and grey projectile tips. Double price.
APEI ammunition is banned for use in war against soldiers by the St Petersburg
Declaration (1868), but many countries, including the USA, are not signatories to
that treaty and others argue it is an anti-vehicular rather than an anti-personnel
round. In the USA, it is not directly sold to civilians, but the Raufoss is
available on the collectors’ market, and can be owned legally as any other AP rifle
round (the explosive content it too small to make it a “destructive device”). See
“Weapons and the Law” (p. 32). The collectors’ market charges at least double the
normal price.