Next generation tank gun?

Blitzo

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TerraN_EmpirE said:
maybe but the mounting is a Arty system. If it was Turret mounted... Seems a bit long but Okay
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There's a fume extractor, suggesting use in confined spaces. I think the towed mounting we see is just for display purposes, i.e.: they're just showing off the gun, not the actual turret or mounting.

There's a suggestion that the gun could be for a next gen MBT or tank destroyer. The indirect fire mode with 40km range would be useful for firing sensor fuzed munitions or top attack anti tank missiles.
 
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Bltizo said:
There's a fume extractor, suggesting use in confined spaces. I think the towed mounting we see is just for display purposes, i.e.: they're just showing off the gun, not the actual turret or mounting.

There's a suggestion that the gun could be for a next gen MBT or tank destroyer. The indirect fire mode with 40km range would be useful for firing sensor fuzed munitions or top attack anti tank missiles.
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Sounds like the gun could be used on a universal platform that will branch into MBT, artillery, etc, variants.
 
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SinoSoldier said:
Sounds like the gun could be used on a universal platform that will branch into MBT, artillery, etc, variants.
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I doubt it, a tank gun should be a tank gun while an artillery gun should be an artillery gun.

A tank gun can have certain indirect fire capabilities, but it will never match a true 155mm artillery gun.
 
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plawolf said:
Looks kinda like the big beasty they have on the 052Ds, a smaller cousin perhaps?
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I don't know enough about guns to say if it's got any resemblance to PJ-38 (or the AK-130 it is derived from). But I'd say there's no reason to suspect there is any common heritage, at the very least they don't quite look the same
 
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