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French defense contractor Nexter Systems has released test firing footage of its next generation ASCALON 140mm tank gun, with the prototype gun shown firing from a static test stand. The release of the footage follows Nexter's announcement in late May that it had begun a test fire campaign of the ASCALON at a firing range in Alcochete, Portugal.
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The 140 mm gun currently being produced will have a mass of around 3,000 kg, and breech to muzzle it will be 7.3 meters long, with a 51-52 calibres long barrel. That shown at Eurosatory was a hybrid version that included many elements of the old FTMA gun, which were far from being optimised for weight.
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France has surprised to announce images of the first AMX-56 Leclerc tanks equipped with 140mm caliber guns - the largest tank gun in the world to date. According to the introduction, the new 140mm main gun on the AMX-56 tank is called Terminator. After being equipped with the new gun, the weight of the Leclerc tank will increase to 60 tons.
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2023-12-19 11:33 A few days ago, the French company NEXTER launched its new generation of 140mm "ASCALON" smoothbore tank gun weapon system concept. This French-developed new-generation 140mm smoothbore tank gun has a larger caliber than the current mainstream 120mm and 125mm smoothbore tank guns in the world.
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185 Posted April 4, 2016 M1 CATTB pic from TankNet. I feel uncertain whether its cannon's caliber was 140mm or not, I found a figure at the document AD-A228 389 showed behind, which label the gun as LW 120.But in many ways I've found its data in websites all considered to be 140mm.
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French defense contractor Nexter has reportedly been testing a modified Leclerc main battle tank with a massive 140mm main gun as part of the development of a future Franco-German tank,.
140mm tank gun, will be equipped with French and German main battle tanks, or lead the trend of
The companies - Royal Ordnance (UK) - GIAT Industries (F) - Rheinmetall W&M GmbH (D) all capable of providing a 140mm tank gun, have joined together in a european JVC, named RGR, to most effectively meet the FTMA challenge. Technologies for Future Tank Gun Systems Options for a FTMA
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United States. The 140mm smoothbore Advanced Tank Cannon (ATAC) System consists of the XM291 gun, the XM91 autoloading system and a family of 140mm ammunition. The ATAC System was expected to be the main armament of the US Army's future Block III MBT, a key part of the projected Armored Systems Modernisation. The ATACS is being installed in the.
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The 140 mm XM291 gun is a solid propellant tank gun with an integral mount and recoil mechanism that fires two-piece (projectile and charge) ammunition with twice the muzzle energy of the standard 120 mm M256 gun installed in the current M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams MBTs.
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It should be understood that the increase in the caliber of tank guns to 140 mm leads to almost two-fold reduction of ammunition carried inside the tank. That is what is today the main limiting factor in the use of large-caliber guns in tanks. German 140-mm smoothbore gun company "Rheinmetall"
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The 120 Shard is part of a family of new French 120mm rounds that includes the POLYNEGE guided round, which is able to terminally guide onto a designated target including Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) engagements at up to 8 km using technology developed from the Nexter KATANA 155mm artillery round.
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The XM291 Advanced Tank Cannon (ATAC) is an American experimental 120 or 140 mm smoothbore tank cannon. It started development in 1991 as a way to substantially increase the performance of tank cannons against the perceived threat of future Soviet main battle tanks.
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Back in 2019, it became known that Nexter had armed the 'Leclerc' battle tank with a massive 140-mm gun and managed to conduct a series of tests by the time. The upgraded machine made more.
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In the 1980s the most immediate method available to NATO to counter Soviet advances in armour technology was the adoption of a 140 mm main gun, but this required a redesigned turret that could incorporate the larger breech and ammunition, and it also required some sort of automatic loader. [4]
140mm tank gun, will be equipped with French and German main battle tanks, or lead the trend of
The K2 is ready for 140 mm, needing only a barrel change. Interestingly, the round count in the Black Panther matches those for the M1-CATTB prototype, which had a similar, belt-style autoloader in its bustle. Don't worry, we'll talk about the CATTB in a future article. NATO-standard 120 mm rounds like the M829A1 are unitary rounds.
