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120mm in the 60s[edit]

I've changed that the calibres in the west became 120mm in the 60s to the 70s and 80s. Although the chieftain with its 120mm gun was fielded in the late 60s this was the exception to the otherwise ubiquitous 105mm L7 in the west. Other 120mm equipped tanks such as Leo 2 and M1A1 were really from the very late 70s and 80s --Mongreilf 11:04, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And the Conqueror tank was there in the 50s-60s for additional firepower. GraemeLeggett 12:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bad photo[edit]

"The long-barrelled 75mm gun of this Panzer IV is typical of larger late WWII designs built to destroy heavily armored tanks." is a poor photo due to shadow, and obscuration of the subject. We should replace it with a better photo. Fifelfoo (talk) 03:59, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cannon[edit]

When I think "really big gun", I think cannon. Is there a technical reason the main gun is not called a cannon? -198.133.178.17 (talk) 02:24, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Cannon" in NATO terms refers to a smallish 20mm-30mm fully-automatic gun firing an explosive shell. In addition, the term "gun" refers to a direct-fire weapon, as opposed to an indirect fire weapon such as a howitzer or mortar.

In most parts of the English-speaking world the term "cannon" used in relation to large guns went out of use with smooth-bore muzzle-loaders, subsequent rifled, muzzle-loading large weapons being termed simply "guns". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.173.13 (talk) 12:46, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

explanation for implementation of smoothbore guns[edit]

This article's smoothbore section currently does not provide an explanation for why smoothbore guns were developed and brought into use. I believe that an introductory paragraph explaining why they were introduced, in the vein of the one on the smoothbore article would be appropriate. 2604:3D09:6A7F:82C0:A070:BF42:7314:79BF (talk) 06:11, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]