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2. M256 (tank gun) - Wikipedia

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   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."

3. Rheinmetall Rh-120 - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. 120×570mm NATO - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Orders of magnitude (power) - Wikipedia

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   tech: the power consumption of a typical Light-emitting diode (LED) light bulb 8 tech: human-powered equipment using a hand crank. [14] 10 1: deca-(daW) 1.4 × 10 1: tech: the power consumption of a typical household compact fluorescent light bulb: 2–4 × 10 1: biomed: approximate power consumption of the human brain [15] 3–4 × 10 1

6. M1 Abrams - Wikipedia

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   The main armament of the M1A1 and M1A2 is the M256 120 mm smoothbore gun, designed by Rheinmetall AG of Germany, manufactured under license in the U.S. by Watervliet Arsenal, New York. The M256 is an improved variant of the Rheinmetall 120 mm L/44 gun carried on the German Leopard 2 on all variants up to the Leopard 2A5, the difference being in ...

7. Light-emitting diode - Wikipedia

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   Efficiency: LEDs emit more lumens per watt than incandescent light bulbs. [63] The efficiency of LED lighting fixtures is not affected by shape and size, unlike fluorescent light bulbs or tubes. Size: LEDs can be very small (smaller than 2 mm 2 [64]) and are easily attached to printed circuit boards.