At the DSEI arms exhibition 2021, which took place in London, updated ammunition for the promising 140-mm tank gun Nexter ASCALON was presented. For clarity, they were shown together with standard caliber shells. 120 mm, in service with the armies of NATO countries.
A photograph of the ammunition was published on his Twitter page by Sam Crannie-Evans, analyst at the Royal Joint Institute for Defense Studies from the UK.
These are the monsters, how are you, probably, you can see
– the expert described the new ammunition.
He called these shells "a miracle of design", because they, having great length, must be perfectly balanced, otherwise it will not be possible to ensure the stability of the ammunition after the shot.
Telescopic ammunition is equipped with guide petals, which are revealed after the departure of the projectile from the barrel.
Projectile manufacturer, like the tank gun itself, is a French company Nexter, which is part of the structure of the Franco-German concern KNDS. She explored the prospects for creating a tank gun caliber 140 mm still in 80-90 years of the last century. Previously, the company also worked on the creation of a smoothbore gun caliber 120 mm for French tank Leclerc. Now its specialists are very useful experience of those years.
New tank gun Nexter ASCALON caliber 140 mm it is planned to equip a promising MGCS tank, on which French and German engineers are working together.
Crannie Evans recalled, that ammunition caliber 130 mm for tanks in 2016 demonstrated by the German company Rheinmetall.
used photos:https://twitter.com/Nexter_Group, https://twitter.com/Sam_Cranny, 7th Army Training Command
