140mm Tank Gun

140Mm Tank Gun. OverviewBackgroundHow it worksFeasibilityElectrothermalchemical technology is an attempt to increase accuracy and muzzle energy of future tank artillery and closein weapon system guns by improving the predictability and rate of expansion of propellants inside the barrel An electrothermalchemical gun uses a plasma cartridge to ignite and control the ammunition’s propellant using electrical energy to trigger the Text under.

Here’s some figures about 140 mm tank gun ballistics that I don’t understand Armament 140mm gun with 34 rounds 40mm AC with 140 rounds and 2×762 MG’s T120B Conventional turret without autoloader Crew 4 men Combat weight ~60 metric tons Engine MTU 883 Armament 120mm gun with 48 rounds and 2×762 MG’s L140 Conventional turret.

The new Euro tank will use one of the two guns, the French

PDF fileConventional 140 mm offers a lowrisk option dependent only on technologies that will mature with certainty by the Millennium is retrofittable to existing tank platforms with acceptable integration and usage risks and with operating characteristics familiar to users of current tank gun systems Technologies for Future Tank Gun Systems.

France Tests Huge 140mm Tank Gun As It Pushes Ahead With

The 140mm gun XM291 is a powder tank gun with a monolithic installation and a recoil mechanism that fires ammunition consisting of 2x parts (projectile and charge) The muzzle energy of this cannon is 2 times the energy of the standard 120mm M256 cannon which are armed with the Abrams М1А2 tanks.

ATAC (Gun) Army Guide

The Rhienmetall 120mm is a necked down version of their original 140mm The cases are actually the same diameter and since sub caliber projectiles were going to be it’s primary ammo the need to keep the 140mm caliber was not seenThe US tested this gun on the M1 CATTB and “Thumper” An M1A1 Fitted with a new turret called the ATAC.