Defeating advanced anti-armour rounds with active protection systems (APSs) would mark a step change in vehicle defences, but such technology must still overcome notable hurdles. Rafael Advanced ...

Nexter Munitions is in the final stages of developing a new 120 mm armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding-sabot (APFSDS) round called the 120 Shard, the company announced on 9 March. Designed to be ...

Key Points and Summary - The latest M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams keeps its battlefield crown largely thanks to its 120mm gun firing depleted uranium (DU) “Silver Bullet” rounds like the M829A4. -These APFSDS ...

China has a new multipurpose cannon (sy_wsh at lt.cjdby.net via Popular Science). The 127th Ordinance Research Institute’s news 125mm tank cannon is the world’ largest, with a barrel length over 7.5 ...

China recently revealed the world’s most powerful armor-piercing 120mm/125mm canon Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer report over at Popular Science. According to the 127th Ordinance Institute of the Central ...