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Newest long-rod penetrators actually have a industrial diamond tip over a tungsten carbide cap over the tungsten rod.
Does that make any sense? Wouldn't the diamonds on the tips just shatter on impact? Diamond is very hard but very brittle.
All of this is classified (what I know has been oopsie -daisied to the public), but the theory is that the diamond acts as a sacrificial abrasive layer, allowing the carbide to push deeper before it abrades.
This is also all stopgap and bullshittium, because the Army refuses to either upgrade the gun on the M1A2, or just develop a new tank.