M256 (tank gun)
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The M256 is an American 120 mm smoothbore tank gun. It is a Rheinmetall Rh-120 L44 gun tube produced under licence with an American-designed mount, cradle and recoil mechanism. It is primarily used by
Front view of a M256 gun on an American M1A2 SEP main battle tank during a gunnery exercise at Red Cloud Range, 2013.
M1 Abrams
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The M1 Abrams is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense and named for General Creighton Abrams. Conceived for modern armored ground warfare, it is one of the heavies
M256 (tank gun)
…is a Rheinmetall Rh-120 L44 gun tube produced under licence with an American-designed mount, cradle and recoil mechanism. It is primarily used by the M1 Abrams main battle tank. 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…
A U.S. Army M1A2 SEPv3 conducting training in Poland in 2024
MBT-70 (German: Kampfpanzer 70)
General Motors XM1 prototype
M1 Abrams tank being inspected upon assembly at the Chrysler Lima Army Tank Plant, 1979