Nexter 120 mm SHARD: towards tailored APFSDS solutions
By Paolo Valpolini When main battle tanks (MBTs) armour was made of rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) comparing armour piercing (AP)
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More on Rheinmetall tank guns and ammunition evolution
By Paolo Valpolini Following the recent briefing by Christoph Henselmann, Senior Vice-President and Head of Portfolio Tank Main Armament on
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120 SHARD®: the new generation of anti-tank ammunition
9th of March, 2021 – Nexter Munitions demonstrates its capability for innovation by presenting the 120 SHARD® ammunition, a high-performance
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What future for tank guns? The Rheinmetall view
By Paolo Valpolini While the appearance of the Russian T-14 Armata tank in the 2015 May Parade has definitely triggered
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New 120 mm gun and ammunition; a 20% performance increase in the coming years
While Rheinmetall’s new 120 mm smoothbore gun, known as L55A1, is already available and is in series production for Germany,
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Why 130 mm and not a bigger calibre?
While in the interim Rheinmetall aims at improving 120 mm performances, looking further ahead in 2016 the company exhibited in
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