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Muzzle of a Rheinmetall 120 mm L/55 tank gun on a Spanish Leopard 2E. The Rheinmetall Rh-120 is a 120 mm smoothbore tank gun designed and produced in former West Germany by the Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH company. It was developed in response to Soviet advances in armour technology and development of new armoured threats.
The 120 mm F1 gun fires the same 120×570mm ammunition as the German Rh-120 and American M256 smoothbore guns. The French 120 mm F1 gun is, however, 1 m longer than the L/44 version of the Rh-120, which increases muzzle velocity and armour penetration of APFSDS projectiles; it also gives a longer effective range. [3]
A number of considerations had led the U.S. Army and its contractors to favor the Army's standard M68 105 mm gun over Germany's 120 mm Rheinmetall Rh-120 smoothbore gun for the XM1 Abrams. To begin with, the 105 mm gun was "the smallest, lightest, and least costly gun adequate for the job."
120×570mm NATO tank ammunition (4.7 inch), also known as 120×570mmR, is a common, NATO-standard (STANAG 4385), tank gun semi-combustible cartridge used by 120mm smoothbore guns, superseding the earlier 105×617mmR cartridge used in NATO-standard rifled tank guns.
The Soltam K6 is a 120 mm (4.75 inch) mortar that was developed by Soltam Systems of Israel. It is the long-range version of the Soltam K5 [1] and has replaced older systems, such as the 107-millimetre (4.2 in) M30, in several armies, including the United States Army. It is much lighter than the M30, has a greater range, and can sustain a rate ...
The CN08 (Cannon 08) is a 120 mm 55-caliber smoothbore tank gun produced by Hyundai WIA.It is incorrectly known as the licensed production of the Rheinmetall Rh-120 L/55, but it was indigenously developed by the Agency for Defense Development and WIA (now Hyundai WIA) from 2003 to 2008 for the XK2 development project started in 1995.
140 mm / 120 mm 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.
The 120 mm smooth-bore gun G1 has been fitted to the private venture Giat Industries AMX-32, [2] AMX-40 and the Brazilian ENGESA EE-T2 Osório main battle tanks, neither of which entered production. This weapon was previously referred to as the CN120-24 gun.