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 armour technology and development of new armoured threats.

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 mechanism.

The L30A1, officially designated Gun, 120 mm, Tank L30, is a British-designed 120 mm rifled tank gun, installed in the turrets of Challenger 2 main battle tanks. It is an improved production model of the Royal Ordnance L11 series of rifled tank guns.

120mm smoothbore tank gun with extreme accuracy. 120MMx570 HE-FRAG-T DM11 (3-MODE PROG) The DM11 round provides three programmable modes: • Point detonation, for instance against bunkers and double-reinforced concrete walls • Point detonation with delay, for instance against targets behind cover, light and medium armoured vehicles

Apr 6, 2009 · The M256 120mm gun is the primary armament on the U.S. M1A1 and M1A2 series of main battle tanks. The M256 is a high velocity, quick-firing, accurate, direct fire weapon used primarily against enemy tanks and hard targets.

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 armour technology and development of new armoured threats.

Rheinmetall has developed a new 120 mm smoothbore gun with a calibre length of 55 (L55) which is a direct replacement for the current 120 mm smoothbore gun with a calibre length of 44 (L44) which is standard on all production Leopard 2 series MBTs.

Oct 5, 2021 · Henry Richardson assesses the latest tank gun and ammo developments, covering current 120mm systems and other proposed solutions.

The 120 mm M256 smoothbore tank gun consists of the gun tube, evacuator chamber group, breech operating group, breech ring group and breech block group. The actual gun tube is a one-piece steel forging, cold worked with a smoothbore for the 120 mm ammunition.

Oct 27, 2022 · The Rheinmetall 120 mm gun is a smoothbore tank gun designed and produced by the West German Rheinmetall-DeTec AG company, developed in response to Soviet advances in armor technology and development of new armored threats.