105-mm L7
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Table of contents
Table of Contents
description
description
No other combat vehicle main armament has been used in as many different main battle tank (MBT) designs as the British L7 105-mm rifled tank gun. The L7 was developed for the Centurion tank and derived from the earlier 20-pounder (83.4-mm) gun.
The gun is highly regarded for its accuracy and reliability. Barrel life is 200 effective full charge (EFC) rounds for the basic gun, 800 EFC with additives.
Chinese-produced L7s have a claimed life of 1,000 EFC. Wear on the barrel when...
Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…
- More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
- Nearly every country's armed forces
- Militant organizations
