Why smooth bore tank gun

Ben Davis March 13, Can a rifle have a smooth bore? What type of gun has a smooth bore? How accurate are smooth bore guns? What is the advantage of a smooth bore tank gun? Can you shoot down the barrel of a tank? Can you fire a gun without a barrel? What would happen if two bullets hit each other?

What would happen if you got shot by a tank? Can a ww2 tank destroy a modern tank? Can 30mm destroy a tank? Can a Tiger tank destroy an Abrams? Could a Tiger tank beat a modern tank?

Why was the Tiger tank so feared? Most of today's modern tank guns are above mm, with mm being the most common.

These guns are equipped with either a rifled or a smooth bore barrel and are housed in a rotating turret that allows the tank to engage targets at just about any orientation. These guns are also equipped with a bore evacuator that prevents toxic gasses from the fired shell from leaking into the crew compartment after the shot has been fired. Here you can see a tank with its turret turned to the right. Also in about the middle of the barrel you can see an object that looks like a can, that is the bore evacuator.

The passengers on the bus were attempting to return to their homes, after having been displaced to Grozny during recent fighting. Reports vary as to the exact number of people who were on the bus, but it would appear that 28 of them were killed and another 17 were injured.

The attack lasted several hours and resulted in 65 deaths, with reports of one hundred injured. The ICRC reported that dozens of homes over several blocks were destroyed or badly damaged.

The ICRC rescued people from collapsed buildings. Number of projectiles fired: Between 3 and 12 projectiles fired reports vary on the exact number. Estimated impact area: See Figure 4 — the main area impacted was the hospital itself. There were also reports of projectiles landing in an empty lot near the hospital.

Damage: There was significant damage done to the hospital during this attack see infrastructure damage for details. Two ambulances trying to move the wounded to Shifa hospital, in Gaza City, were then also hit.

The shelling destroyed beds and important medical equipment. Infrastructure damage: There was substantial infrastructure damage to the hospital see Photos 6 to 9.

The third and fourth floors, the reception area, and the upper floor were all badly damaged — one report concluded that the third and fourth floors were completely destroyed.

Several exterior walls of the hospital were damaged. The attack also damaged the X-ray facilities, the maternity ward, the intensive care unit, and the surgery department. Several operating rooms, key equipment including hospital beds, and medical supplies were destroyed. Remarks : The attack did not only kill and injure patients in the hospital; approximately 30 of those injured were medical staff working at the hospital at the time.

One report cited Aqsa hospital in central Gaza as one of the only hospitals providing services to several refugee camps, including al-Maghazi and al-Nuseirat, as well as towns and villages including Deir el Balah and Juhu al-Dik, which severely impeded access to medical treatment for the injured.

Map of the area: Unable to find exact location of where in Beit Hanoun the school was located. Damage: Major damage was caused to a UN school from multiple tank projectiles see Photos for infrastructure damage. At the edge of the schoolyard, some 20 donkeys lay dead, still tied to the railings.

According to one report, primary fragmentation was widespread across the area, resulting in many amputations. Infrastructure damage: The school itself was very badly damaged see Photos It is reported that an entire classroom collapsed on the people who were inside.

One projectile created a large hole in the ceiling of a second-floor classroom. Several ceilings collapsed throughout the school. Remarks : The school was a UN-managed refugee centre, which was housing close to 1, people when it was attacked. According to survivors, one projectile landed in the schoolyard, followed by several more rounds that hit the upper stories of the building. Weapon system : mm tank guns, reportedly Russian-made T battle tanks.

Range projectile fired from : Unknown, but assumed close range within city borders. Infrastructure damage: Shells hit several mosques, schools, and residential buildings. According to one report, a hospital in the city was badly damaged during the fighting.

Scenes in one video show glass, rubble, and wrecked medical equipment littering the floors of the abandoned medical facility.

Remarks : Several reports indicate that many of the dead and injured were children and other civilians. One eyewitness claimed there were at least 20 tanks in the city. Other reports cited as many as 40 tanks entering Misrata that day. Photos of Damage: Misrata came under heavy fire throughout the final months of the Gaddafi regime, thus it is not possible to determine exactly what structural damage was caused in the attack on 18 March, and what may have already existed. Weapon system : mm tank gun, Russian-made battle tank of an unspecified model.

Number of projectiles fired: Reports point to only one projectile hitting the bus. This was dropped as an unworkable idea and the majority of British "Close Support" CS tanks had their turret gun replaced with a howitzer or similar weapon, as with the Centaur CS with its 94 mm HE firing gun. By the end of the war the variety in tank designs was narrowed and the concept of the main battle tank emerged.

After World War II, the race to increase caliber slowed. Slight increases were made between tank generations. In the West, guns of around 90 mm gave way to the ubiquitous mm L7. This lasted a long while with a shift to mm in the s and 80s the UK changed in the late 60s with their Chieftain tank.

In the East, the 85 mm quickly yielded to the mm and mm U-5TS gun, with the mm caliber now standard. Most of the improvements were instead made in ammunition and fire control systems. With kinetic energy penetrator rounds, solid shot and armour-piercing shell gave way to armour-piercing discarding sabot APDS a product of , and fin-stabilized APFSDS rounds with tungsten or depleted uranium penetrators.

These had the same penetrating power irrespective of muzzle velocity or range. Stadiametric range-finders were successively replaced by coincidence and laser rangefinders. Accuracy of modern tank guns is pushed to the limits by computerized fire control systems , wind sensors, and muzzle referencing systems which compensate for barrel warping, wear and temperature. Fighting capability at night, in poor weather and smoke was improved by infrared, light-intensification , and thermal imaging equipment.

Gun technology has had only a few innovations. Throughout the history of tank guns, they have almost exclusively been rifled weapons. Rifling of the barrel imparts spin on the projectile, improving ballistic accuracy. The best traditional antitank weapons have been kinetic energy rounds, whose penetrating power and accuracy decrease with range.

For longer ranges, high explosive anti-tank rounds are better, but accuracy still suffers and for extremely long ranges, anti-tank guided missiles ATGMs are considered to have a better chance of hitting the target. The use of the autoloader has been a development favoured by some nations and not others.