Rheinmetall Rh-120
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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 a
Muzzle of a Rheinmetall 120 mm L/55 tank gun on a Spanish Leopard 2E
Prototype of the Leopard 2
An M1A1 Abrams, firing its US-built M256 120 mm tank gun
The smoothbore barrel of an Austrian Leopard 2A4
120×570mm NATO
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120×570mm NATO tank ammunition, also known as 120×570mmR, is a common, NATO-standard, tank gun semi-combustible cartridge used by 120mm smoothbore guns, superseding the earlier 105×617mmR cartridge us
Rheinmetall Rh-120
…1,347 kg (2,970 lb) gun barrel L/55: 4,160 kg (9,170 lb) gun mount Length L/44: 5.3 m (17 ft) L/55: 6.6 m (22 ft) Barrel length 44 or 55 calibres Shell 120 x 570 mm R Caliber 120 millimetres (4.72 in) Muzzle velocity L/44: 1,530 to 1,650 m/s (5,000 to 5,400 ft/s) L/55: 1,640 to 1,750 m/s (5,400 to 5,700 ft/s) Effective…
120×570mm ammunition manufactured by IMI.