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The 105mm gun M68 as standardized for the M60 tank was considered as an alternate armament system. It had the advantage of being immediately available and its ammunition was already in production. Of the several turrets drafted, one of the earliest was the driver-in-turret integrated fighting compartment.
First was due to the large number of M60 Patton tanks with the M68E1 gun still in widespread US service in the 1980s and a large on-hand stockpile of 105mm munitions. Fitting the M1 with the M68A1 gun was viewed as an economical and practical solution that allowed for commonality in ammunition among the two types of tanks. [24]
During the Cold War, the concept of the main battle tank was established and guns of 105 mm (4.1 in) (NATO) and 100 mm (3.9 in) (Warsaw Pact) were the standard until the advent of guns of 120 mm (4.7 in) (NATO) and 125 mm (4.9 in) (Warsaw Pact) from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Type: Main battle tank. Armament: 105mm rifled main gun, 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, ... M60 (Patton) ©M60 Patton 'Patton Tank' P5250358 by Chris Light / BY-SA 4.0 (https: ...
The M35, known during development as the EX35 and XM35, [1] [2] is an American 105 mm caliber low-recoil tank gun. The M35 was developed for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Mobile Protected Gun Program of the early 1980s. It was integrated onto the Marine Corps LAV-105, and the U.S. Army's M8 Armored Gun System and M10 Booker vehicles.
The Royal Ordnance L7, officially designated Gun, 105 mm, Tank, L7, is the basic model of the United Kingdom's most successful tank gun.It is a 105 mm L/52 rifled design by the Royal Ordnance Factories, intended for use in armoured fighting vehicles, replacing the older QF 20-pounder (84 mm) gun mounted on the British Centurion tank. [1]
The 105×617mm (4.1 inch), also known as 105×617mmR, is a common, NATO-standard, tank gun cartridge used in 105 mm guns such as those derived from the Royal Ordnance L7. The 105×617mmR cartridge was originally developed from the 84 mm (3.3 in) calibre Ordnance QF 20-pounder 84 × 618R cartridge as part of the development of the L7 105 mm ...
The M60 105 mm howitzer cartridge is a U.S. artillery shell that carried a chemical agent, specifically one of the sulfur mustard agents. [1] [2] References