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Re:The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade,... by jakogut on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @10:49AM (#31083907)
The M1 Abrams, along with many other modern tanks, has a smoothbore cannon.
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Re:The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade,... by hef19898 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @10:57AM (#31084004)
The only NATO tank with a rifled cannon is the Challenger 2. The Brits preferred HEASH ammo, a rifled cannon improved accuracy. It took some development to get HEAT and SABOTs that can be fired from a rifled cannon. No idea what the Russian tanks are using.

EDIT: Just looked, the T-72 has a 125 mm smoothbore cannon.

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Re:The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade,... by greedo on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @08:06PM (#31091070)
Current models do, but the original M1 and M1IP were armed with the M68 105mm rifled gun (basically a licensed British L7).
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