GIAT CN120-26/52

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GIAT CN120-26/52
Muzzle of the GIAT CN120-26/52
Type	Tank gun
Place of origin	France
Service history
Used by	France
Production history
Designed	1980s
Manufacturer	GIAT
Specifications
Mass	3.5 tonnes
Crew	1
Calibre	120 millimetres

The GIAT CN120-26/52 is a French smoothbore 120mm tank gun of 52 calibers designed by and produced by GIAT .

Description[]

It is the primary gun of the Leclerc main battle tank. The bore is smoothed and chromed. The gun is fed by a mechanised loader that allows a rate of fire of 12 shots per minute.

The GIAT CN120 can utilise standard NATO ammunition. Its typical antitank ammunitions are

• the LKE1 sabot kinetic penetrator (obus flèche OFL 120 F1), developed with Germany (where it is known as DM43), which fires with an initial speed of 1790 m/s
• a shaped charge shell (obus explosif à charge creuse, OECC 120 F1) which fires with an initial speed of 1100 m/s.

Operators[]

Map with CN120-26 operators in blue

Current operators[]

•  France
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Jordan

• 

  Base of the gun on a Leclerc

See also[]

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era[]

• L30: British rifled equivalent
• Rheinmetall 120 mm gun: German equivalent
• IMI 120 mm gun: Israeli equivalent
• 2A46 125 mm gun: Russian 125-mm equivalent
• CN08 120 mm gun: South Korean equivalent

External links[]

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