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From the prewar MD 178 armed with an anti-tank gun of 25 mm, (which was for the period a significant caliber for such a small vehicle) to the direct successor of the EBR, the AMX-10RC, also used for wheeled reconnaissance, and armed with a powerful 105 mm gun with automatic firing, firepower equal to a main battle tank of the 1980s.
The lower power and shorter range of 105 mm (4.1 in) ammunition has led to its obsolescence in full-sized self-propelled guns, such as the American M108 howitzer and British FV433 Abbot SPG. China, North Korea, Russia, and other former Soviet bloc countries use 122 mm (4.8 in) and 130 mm (5.1 in) calibre weapons in similar roles.
The T5E1 was mounted on the M6A2E1 heavy tank for testing purposes The T5E1 as mounted on the T28 super-heavy tank. The 105mm L/65 T5 was an American rifled anti-tank gun developed in 1945. The T5E1 was the main armament for several American WWII heavy tanks designs, including the double-tracked T28 super-heavy tank and T29 heavy tank.
By 6 July 1951, OTCM (Ordnance Technical Committee Minutes) 33842 officially initiated the development project with two new vehicles designated: the 105 mm gun tank T54, and the 105 mm gun tank T54E1. [3] The T54's 105 mm T140 gun was a lighter version of the 105 mm T5E2, which was the armament of the T29 Heavy Tank. Designed for use with an ...
B (Jagdtiger) were found to be armored beyond the anti-tank guns then in use or proposed. Work was started on a 105 mm version of the T8 using the T19 split trail carriage in October 1944. [2] The T8 105 mm anti-tank gun weighed 8 short tons (16,000 lbs/7,257 kg) It had a split trail carriage and magnesium wheels with synthetic rubber tires. In ...
105 105mm Howitzer M4 United States: World War II 105 AMX CN-105 F1 France: Modern 105 Royal Ordnance L7 United Kingdom: Cold War 105 Bofors L74 Sweden: Cold War 105 Rheinmetall LTA2 West Germany: Cold War 107 Zis 6 Soviet Union: World War II 115 U-5TS/2A20 Soviet Union: Cold War 120 Rheinmetall Rh-120 L44/M256 West Germany: Cold War / Modern 120
The CN 105 F1 is a monoblock steel 105-millimeter (4.1 in) cannon [6] protected from bending with a magnesium alloy thermal sleeve. [7] The F1 is fitted with a semi-automatic vertical sliding wedge breechblock, though fitted without a muzzle brake. Unlike the similar L7 tank gun, the F1 uses a compressed air scavenging system instead of a bore ...
The SK-105 Kürassier is an Austrian light tank [4] armed with a rifled 105 mm gun in an oscillating turret. It is estimated that over 700 have been produced, with initial deliveries in 1971. It is estimated that over 700 have been produced, with initial deliveries in 1971.