The armor-piercing explosive shells, moving at incredible speed, can easily penetrate homogeneous steel plates over a hundred millimeters thick.
On warships, cannons are generally loaded only with armor-piercing explosive shells and armor-piercing shells.
Armor-piercing shells are suitable for close-range naval battles; they are fast and have great penetration depth.
But now, with missiles dominating, naval warfare has turned into 'beyond visual range combat', leaving few opportunities for warships to engage in cannon duels like bayonet fights.
Nowadays, the primary use of naval guns is more for shore bombardment and air defense combat.
Therefore, warship cannons are generally loaded with multipurpose armor-piercing explosive shells.
This first shot already achieved significant results.
