GIAT CN120-26/52
The CN120-26, also simply referred to as Modèle F1 (F1 model) is a French smoothbore 120mm tank gun of 52 calibers designed by the EFAB of Bourges and produced by Giat Industries.
GIAT CN120-26/52
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- Name
- CN120-26
- Field
- smoothbore and tank gun.
- Region
- France.
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The CN120-26, also simply referred to as Modèle F1 (F1 model) is a French smoothbore 120mm tank gun of 52 calibers designed by the EFAB of Bourges and produced by Giat Industries.
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• Name — CN120-26 • Type — smoothbore tank gun • Origin — France • Is Ranged — yes • Is Artillery — yes • Is Uk — no • Service — 1992-present • Used By — French Army, United Arab Emirates Army, and the Royal Jordanian Army • Wars — Yemeni Civil War • Designer — EFAB of Bourges • Design Date — 1980s • Manufacturer — Giat Industries • Production Date — 1990-2007 • Number — 800+ • Weight — 2740 kg • Length — 6.931 m • Part Length — 6.24 m or 52 calibers • Cartridge — 120×570mm NATO • Caliber — 120 mm (4.72 in) • Action — automatic vertical sliding-wedge breech • Rate — up to 12 rounds per minute • Velocity — 1790 m/s (APFSDS) • Feed — autoloader • Sights — HL 60 or HL 130 • Breech — vertical sliding-wedge • Recoil — 400 mm • Elevation — -8° to +17° • Traverse — 360°
Additional specifications
Additional specifications
• Maximum service chamber pressure: • Recoil effort at trunnions: 550 kN (APFSDS fired at +51 °C) • Overall weight: 2740 kg • Recoiling gun mass: 1995 kg
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• Illustration — Map with CN120-26 operators in blue
Current operators
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• France • United Arab Emirates • Jordan • Illustration — Base of the gun on a Leclerc
Weapons of comparable role, performance and era
Weapons of comparable role, performance and era
• L11A5 120 mm rifled gun: British rifled gun, developed by Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (RARDE) in 1957. • 2A46 125 mm gun: Russian 125-mm equivalent, developed by Spetstekhnika Design Bureau in 1960s. • Rheinmetall 120 mm gun: German equivalent, developed by Rheinmetall in 1974. • EXP-28M1 120 mm rifled tank gun: Experimental British weapon of the late 1970s/early 1980s. Was to have equipped the MBT-80. • IMI 120 mm gun: Israeli equivalent, developed by Israeli Military Industries in 1988. • OTO Breda 120 mm gun: Italian equivalent, developed by OTO Melara in 1988. • L30A1 120 mm rifled gun: British rifled equivalent, developed by ROF Nottingham in 1989. • JSW 120 mm gun: Japanese equivalent, developed by Japan Steel Works in 2008. • CN08 120 mm gun: South Korean equivalent, developed by Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and WIA in 2008. • 2A82-1M 125 mm gun: New Russian 125-mm equivalent, developed by Uralvagonzavod in 2014. • MKE 120 mm tank gun: Turkish equivalent, developed by Otokar and Hyundai WIA in 2016.
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Description
The 120 mm smoothbore gun F1 has been designed for installation in the Leclerc main battle tank. The smooth-bore gun is chrome-plated, fitted with a thermal sleeve and has a vertical sliding breech mechanism. It is also fitted with a muzzle reference system (MRS) and the tropicalized variant of the Leclerc is fitted with a compressed air system for removing propellant fumes. In the Leclerc application, the gun is fed by a 22-rounds bustle-mounted automatic loader designed by Creusot-Loire Industries. The 120 mm F1 gun fires the same 120×570mm ammunition as the German Rh-120 and American M256 smoothbore guns. The French 120 mm F1 gun is, however, 1 m longer than the L/44 version of the Rh-120, which increases muzzle velocity and armour penetration of APFSDS projectiles; it also gives a longer effective range.
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- 1.Army Guide. army-guide.com.
- 2.CHAR LECLERC de la Guerre Froide aux conflits de demain, Marc Chassillan
- 3.International Defense Review. Interavia S.A. décembre 1986. 0020-6512.
- 4.mainbattletanks.czweb.org/Tank….
- 5.Nathan Gain. Un nouveau cap pour les Forges de Tarbes. www.forcesoperations.com. 12 octobre 2021.
- 6.Estimations basées sur l'équation de Lanz-Odermatt disponible sur http://www.longrods.ch/perfcalc.php
- 7.Kampfpanzer - Die Entwicklungen der Nachkriegszeit. Report Verlag GmbH. 1988.
- 8.International Defense Review. Interavia. 14. 1981. 0020-6512.
- 9.Un point sur les munitions du char Leclerc. Cavalerie, la revue d'informations des cavaliers. lire en. 2016.
- 10.120 mm HE M3M. 2014.
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