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The M1 Abrams, along with many other modern tanks, has a smoothbore cannon.
by jakogut 5y ago
The M1 Abrams, along with many other modern tanks, has a smoothbore cannon.
- hef19898 5y agoThe only NATO tank with a rifled cannon is the Challenger 2. The Brits preferred HEASH ammo, a rifled cannon improved accuracy. It took some development to get HEAT and SABOTs that can be fired from a rifled cannon. No idea what the Russian tanks are using. EDIT: Just looked, the T-72 has a 125 mm smoothbore cannon.
- greedo 5y agoCurrent models do, but the original M1 and M1IP were armed with the M68 105mm rifled gun (basically a licensed British L7).