China has revealed the world’s most powerful armor-piercing gun canon that could be used for the next generation of Chinese main battle tanks.
China revealed the world’s most powerful Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer 120mm/125mm armor-piercing gun cannon.
The gun prototype in comparison to other similar models displays the highest, range, velocity, and penetration power in the world, as stated by the 127th Ordinance Institute of the Central Northern University.
Lin and Singer also note that should the gun prototype turn out to be successful, it would be a good example of how the Chinese defense sector is now collaborating with academia when it comes to military R&D projects.
The gun prototype in comparison to other similar models displays the highest, range, velocity, and penetration power in the world, as stated by the 127th Ordinance Institute of the Central Northern University.
The prototypes’ barrel length is 7.5 meters
with a length to caliber ratio of at least 60:1. The multipurpose cannon
supposedly has a muzzle velocity of 2,000m per second for armored
piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) rounds, Popular
Science reported.
The cannon gun will be put for a full test by the People’s Liberation
Army (PLA) and could be used for the next generation of Chinese main
battle tanks.According to Lin and Singer it may be possible that this new military
hardware “could provide indirect fire support with cannon launched
missiles and shells for Chinese forces, such as distant, networked
infantry units calling in strikes on enemy positions (though the turret
size and recoil mechanisms means that the claimed maximum 40km range is
likely theoretical),” media reported.Lin and Singer also note that should the gun prototype turn out to be successful, it would be a good example of how the Chinese defense sector is now collaborating with academia when it comes to military R&D projects.
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