Gun mantlet
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A gun mantlet is a movable section of armour fitted around the main gun of a tank or other armoured fighting vehicle. Because the gun must pivot vertically, the front of the turret requires a sizeable
Gun mantlet, highlighted in red, on an American M1A1 Abrams
"Pig head" mantlet on Stug III
Panther tank mantlet
Tiger I mantlet
Tiger I
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The Tiger I was a German heavy tank of World War II that began operational duty in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions. It gave the German Army its fir
Gun mantlet
…dropped mostly to reduce the overall weight. On many tanks of the Second World War the mantlet carried the thickest armour on the vehicle; the German Tiger I, for example, had 100 mm of armour on the hull front but 120 mm on the gun mantlet. The mantlet often also shielded the mounting of the coaxial armament…
Tiger I in northern France, March 1944
Early Tiger with tall cupola
Turmzielfernrohr TZF 9c gun sight