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The British Army’s new Challenger 3 main battle tank represents a significant upgrade, centered on its new Rheinmetall L55A1 ...
The K2 costs over US$8.5 million per unit. From Germany, South Korea developed its own version of the Rheinmetall 120-millimeter L55 gun, which is a full 1.3 meters longer than the 120-millimeter L44 ...
From Germany, South Korea developed its own version of the Rheinmetall 120-millimeter L55 gun, which is a full 1.3 meters longer than the 120-millimeter L44 caliber gun used on all Abrams tanks ...
Clearly, that doesn’t say much, but we do know that the front has been tested to withstand a close range sabot shot from the K2’s own L55 high velocity gun. At only 55 tons, the tank is a full ...
The work started with the German Rheinmetall 120-millimeter L55 gun with its innovative firing mechanics and the fire control system from France's Leclerc. Korean engineers would also reverse ...
At IAV 2019, Rheinmetall unveiled its proposal for the Challenger 2 LEP, which includes a new turret with day/night sights for the commander and gunner, and a new L55 120 mm smoothbore gun.
For comparison, current Chinese 125mm APFSDS have a 1700m/s muzzle velocity, the German L55 has a muzzle velocity ... to be too small to accommodate a gun of this size), although the pictures ...
Current Chinese 125mm APFSDS have a 1700 meters per second muzzle velocity * German L55 has a muzzle velocity of 1,750meter ... railguns but are being adapted for existing navy 5 inch guns and as ...
The multipurpose cannon achieves its high performance through a high length to caliber ratio of at least 60:1 (the longest tank gun in service ... the German L55 has a muzzle velocity of 1,750m/ ...