Does anyone know what was the biggest gun calibre ever mounted on a tank (pre war, post war, modern day) P:S: This is not a quiz.
That would depend on what you count as a tank. If you include armoured assault guns, I'd think it's 152 mm., but if it's only conventional tanks, I'd say it's 122 mm.
for a TD: 128 mm, in the case of the jagdtiger, for a tank: 122 mm for the JS series( but realy is IS)
How about the SU-152? As for the JS vs. IS debate, ifyou write in English, you must write JS. The Cyrillic alfabeth doen't have an equivilant to a J, so therefore J is written as an I in Cyrillic. This isthesameway as there is no equivilant to a J in Hebrew, however biblical names (such as Jesus) are still spelled with a J, and not an I. If you so wish to write in Cyrillic letters, that is of course fine, however you've have to use it in all words, so that JS becomes IS KV becomes KB SSSR becomes CCCP Moscow becomes MOCKBA and so forth. Christian
Current Russian 125mm smoothbore (if you mean guns to see service). NATO played with a 140mm but decided it wasn't needed. The Chinese are apparently introducing a gun of this calibre in their latest tank. The Russians have gone to around 150+mm in one design, not yet built I think. Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website and discussion forum
The US Sheridan tank (1960's) was an "air-droppable" tank that had a 152 mm gun/missile launcher. The combat engineer vehicle that was built on the M60A1 chassis and turret had a 165 mm demolition gun.
KV-2 Soviet KV-2 have the biggest gun calibre ever mounted on a tank in WW2. Other Designations: KV-2 Model 1940 (Klimenti Voroshilov) [also KV-II, KV- IIB, KV-2B] Manufacturer(s): Factory No.100 Kirovskiy Works in Leningrad (LKZ) Type : Heavy Assault Tank Primary Armament : 152.4mm Howitzer M-10 Engine Make & Model: V-2K Horsepower (max.): 600hp@2000rpm Power/Weight Ratio: 11.5 hp/tonne Gearbox: 5 forward, 1 reverse Fuel: Diesel www.battlefield.ru/kv2.html :bang:
if that is the case, how about gerat 040/041, it is mounted on a tank chassis ( a long one) and have a rifled barrel, 60 cm and 54 cm
Whatever. I'm not that good when it comes to naming tanks. I just copy-pasted that name from panzerworld.net
Conway was planned (and tested AFAIK) with 183 mm http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quart ... onway.html and http://tanxheaven.com/cent/fv4004conway/fv4004.htm