SNAFU! The DRIVE Blog covers the Leclerc MBT 140mm.
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.
GIAT/Nexter AMX56 "Leclerc" MBT with 140mm cannon ("Terminator"). Army vehicles, Tanks
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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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.
France Tests Huge 140mm Tank Gun As It Pushes Ahead With Germany On A New Tank Design
French defense firm Nexter has revealed its next generation tank gun concept: a 140mm gun firing telescoped ammunition.
140mm tank gun, will be equipped with French and German main battle tanks, or lead the trend of
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.
Танковые пушки калибра 140 миллиметров
The aim of this joint venture program was to develop a new 140 mm tank gun being able to deal with the future generation of Russian Main Battle Tanks. Cold War vibe: The 140 mm smoothbore gun displayed on the lawns in front of the GIAT pyramids at Bourges. For their part, the French produced in 1996 a prototype turret (T4) which was essentially.
ASCALON, the French touch for the MGCS. Land Air Sea Defense
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,.
On the 140mm Tank Gun The Soapbox
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
140mm tank gun, will be equipped with French and German main battle tanks, or lead the trend of
No future U.S. plans have been an-nounced in regards to the 140mm gun, Advanced Tank Cannon System -ATACS, subsequent to the untimely can-cellation of the 'Block III' Main Battle Tank Program.
Leopard 2 with high velocity 140mm gun r/TankPorn
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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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.
M1 Abrams prototype with 140mm cannon r/TankPorn
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]
Leclerc Panzer Kanone A Johnathan Henry
The Leclerc is also equipped with a 12.7 mm coaxial M2 heavy machine gun and a turret-mounted 7.62 mm machine gun, whereas most other NATO tanks use 7.62 mm weapons for both their coaxial and top machine gun mounts;. It was armed with a 140 mm smoothbore gun designed by the arsenal of Bourges (EFAB). In order to avoid being scrapped, the.
Pin on Militaria
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.
140mm XM291 Abrams and NPzK Leopard 2 comparison (1269x741) r/TankPorn
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 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.