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re: Tank Guns: Photo & Dicussion thread..
Cold War Era Russian 152mm M-69 "Taran" (Battering Ram) Gun
This rifled gun was developed by the OKB-9 (now Spetstekhnika) design bureau in Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) in 1960 and was mounted on an experimental vehicle Ob'ekt 120 (chief designer G.S.Efimov). This gun stands out for its length and power and was originally envisioned as a maingun of a perspective heavy tank that never appeared.
This is probably the largest dedicated antitank gun ever built.
Calibre 152 mm Rifled
Breech type ?
Firing mechanism ?
Ordnance length 9045 mm
Ordnance mass ?
Barrel life ?
Max Chamber Pressure ?
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Other Unknown Russian 152mm..
Object 292
The Object 292 test vehicle was produced by the Kirov Special Machinery Plant (Special Machinery, Limited), and the scientists at VNIITransmash. On the chassis of the T-80U they installed a new turret, a 152mm cannon, and some other parts. The turret and cannon were installed and in 1991, experiments began at Rzhev Poligon. Positive results were achieved.Ballistically, the smoothbore 152mm was far superior to the 125mm, though the chamber dimensions were not that much bigger. A new combat compartment was also developed, which could be installed on T-80 tanks without modifications to the main chassis structure.In September 1990 the tank was ready, and in 1991 on the Rzhev range have begun fire testing facility.All work was conducted under the leadership of chief designer, NS Popov. His deputy, twice winner of State Award, AK Dzyavgo, said: "We agreed with the Director of Central Research Institute of Nikolai Nikolaevich Hudkovsh on the implementation of ideas to develop a 152.4 mm in caliber.
Cold War Era Russian 152mm M-69 "Taran" (Battering Ram) Gun
This rifled gun was developed by the OKB-9 (now Spetstekhnika) design bureau in Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) in 1960 and was mounted on an experimental vehicle Ob'ekt 120 (chief designer G.S.Efimov). This gun stands out for its length and power and was originally envisioned as a maingun of a perspective heavy tank that never appeared.
This is probably the largest dedicated antitank gun ever built.
Calibre 152 mm Rifled
Breech type ?
Firing mechanism ?
Ordnance length 9045 mm
Ordnance mass ?
Barrel life ?
Max Chamber Pressure ?
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Other Unknown Russian 152mm..
Object 292
The Object 292 test vehicle was produced by the Kirov Special Machinery Plant (Special Machinery, Limited), and the scientists at VNIITransmash. On the chassis of the T-80U they installed a new turret, a 152mm cannon, and some other parts. The turret and cannon were installed and in 1991, experiments began at Rzhev Poligon. Positive results were achieved.Ballistically, the smoothbore 152mm was far superior to the 125mm, though the chamber dimensions were not that much bigger. A new combat compartment was also developed, which could be installed on T-80 tanks without modifications to the main chassis structure.In September 1990 the tank was ready, and in 1991 on the Rzhev range have begun fire testing facility.All work was conducted under the leadership of chief designer, NS Popov. His deputy, twice winner of State Award, AK Dzyavgo, said: "We agreed with the Director of Central Research Institute of Nikolai Nikolaevich Hudkovsh on the implementation of ideas to develop a 152.4 mm in caliber.