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90-mm Mk 7 Cockerill

Country of Origin: Belgium

The most recently developed of the Cockerill series of 90-mm combat vehicle guns, the Mk 7 has not yet been fitted to a combat vehicle. As with all guns in the series, the Mk 7 has a triple-baffle muzzle brake (a Cockerill trademark), although a single-baffle brake has been developed to permit the use of armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot (APFSDS) rounds.

The Mk 7 has a longer recoil length and a steeper rifling pitch than most of the earlier guns.

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