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This study experimentally and numerically investigated the quasi-static penetration of 73-ply carbon\/epoxy laminates and Nomex honeycomb sandwich panels with cross-ply, quasi-isotropic, uniform helicoidal (5\u00b0, 10\u00b0, and 20\u00b0), and hybrid helicoidal layups. A fully ply-resolved model was developed for the monolithic laminates, whereas an eight-sublaminate model with an explicitly represented honeycomb core was used for the sandwich panels. H73(10\u20135) achieved the highest monolithic-laminate peak load of 5.23 kN, 46.1% above CP73 and 35.5% above QI73. The sandwich panels exhibited two load peaks separated by a core-crushing plateau. S-H73(5\u201310) produced the highest first peak load of 8.99 kN, while S-H73(10\u20135) achieved the highest penetration energy of 108.37 J. Experiments, simulations, and fractographic observations showed that the intact core constrained upper-face-sheet bending and promoted localized indentation-assisted punching-shear perforation. 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