The M256 is an American 120 mm smoothbore tank gun. It is a licensed-built German-designed Rheinmetall Rh-120 L44 gun tube and combustible cartridges with an American-designed mount, cradle and recoil
Front view of a M256 gun on an American M1A2 SEP main battle tank during a gunnery exercise at Red Cloud Range, 2013.
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
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