How to Get Armor Piercing Rounds

Armor Piercing Rounds are equipped in all Primary and Secondary weapons, as well as select supply Stratagems in Helldivers 2. Learn how to get Armor Piercing Rounds in this guide!

How to Get Armor Piercing Rounds

Purchase Weapons from the Warbond

All Primary and Secondary weapons bought from the Warbond are automatically equipped with either Light or Medium Armor Piercing Rounds.

When browsing through the Warbond's shop catalog, you will see what type of Armor Piercing Round a weapon has in its information tab, whether it's Light Armor Penetrating or Medium Armor Penetrating.

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Unlock Certain Supply Stratagems

There are a handful of Supply Stratagems equipped with armor piercing rounds and some can even penetrate through heavy armor due to their immense firepower and damage that they have. These Stratagems can be purchased with Samples via the Ship Management terminal aboard your ship.

Here are the Supply Stratagems with Armor Penetration capabilities:

• Expendable Anti-Tank
• Railgun
• Anti-Materiel Rifle
• Spear
• Autocannon

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What are Armor Piercing Rounds?

Penetrates and Destroys Enemy Armor

Armor Piercing Rounds are used to penetrate and destroy the armor of enemies, which you will often encounter at higher difficulty levels of the game.

To take down these types of enemies efficiently, you will have to equip yourself with the right Armor Piercing Round.

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