By Franz-Stefan Gady
Watch out tankers! This new armor-piercing weapon could spell trouble for your tracked vehicles.
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 Northern University the cannon, in comparison to similar types of guns, displays the highest, range, velocity, and penetration power in the world.
The prototypes barrel length is 7.5 meters with a length to caliber ratio of at least 60:1,Popular Science notes, which is a larger ratio than the current largest 120 mm cannon in service, and would allow for larger rounds that store more propellant explosives. Popular Science also lists additional technical specifications:
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