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This is a list of tank main guns which are designed or used as the primary weapon of combat by tanks, such as light tanks, medium tanks, heavy tanks, or main battle tanks. Many tanks have other, secondary weapons installed in them, such as machine guns , autocannons and small calibre mortars , which are not included in this list.
The tank museum had its early origins in a study collection. It is still a State institution funded by the Army, but it is managed by the Association des Amis du Musée des Blindés which publishes a substantial yearly magazine and encourages membership from the public. There is also a separate traditional horse cavalry museum in the town of ...
The Royal Ordnance L11A5, officially designated Gun, 120 mm, Tank L11, [i] is a 120 mm L/55 rifled tank gun design. It was the second 120 mm calibre tank gun in service with British Army. It was the first of NATO's 120 mm main battle tank guns which became the standard calibre for Western tanks in the later period of the Cold War. A total of ...
The last Saint-Chamond tank remaining in existence, an improved mid-1918 model, alongside other French tanks of World War I (Schneider CA1 and Renault FT), is preserved at the Musée des Blindés at Saumur. It had survived, together with a Schneider CA1 tank of the same vintage, at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds Ordnance Museum in Maryland, US ...
New for 2023, “Tanks for the Memories: The Tank in Popular Culture”, was created for the 100th anniversary of the Tank Museum. It is an exhibition looking at how the tank has become a cultural icon through the manufacture of multiple toys, games, models, and the production of works of art, books, comics, video games and films. [14]
Medium tank (main battle tank) in service with the Argentine Army. Bernardini MB-3 Tamoyo [9] 1983 — Brazil: Only a few 30 t 500 hp 550 km Designed by Bernardini; it never passed beyond the prototype stage. The final model, the Tamoyo III was armed with a NATO 105 mm L7 rifled main gun. TR-85: 1986 Socialist Republic of Romania: 617 42.2 t ...
It displays various tanks, armoured vehicles and anti-tank guns used by the Finnish Defence Forces throughout their history, including Leopard 2A4 tank which is in present service. Rare exhibits are an armoured train used in World War II and the only surviving example of BT-42 assault gun. The museum was opened on June 18, 1961, when there were ...
As such, the T-72 was intended to be a tank mass-produced to equip the bulk of the Soviet motor rifle units, and for sale to export partners and Eastern-bloc satellite states. The T-80 design improved on several aspects of the earlier T-64 design, introducing a gas turbine engine in the original model, [ b ] and incorporating suspension ...