105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 gun

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/105_mm_Royal_Ordnance_L7_gun

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	artillery
gptkbp:ammunitionType	separate-loading, cased charge
gptkbp:armament	gptkb:HESH gptkb:tobacco gptkb:APFSDS gptkb:HEAT gptkb:APDS
gptkbp:barrelLength	L/52
gptkbp:breechType	vertical sliding breech block
gptkbp:caliber	105 mm
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:designedBy	gptkb:Royal_Ordnance_Factories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 gun
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:M68_gun gptkb:CN_105_F1 gptkb:Rheinmetall_Rh-105
gptkbp:introduced	1959
gptkbp:manufacturedUnderLicense	gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:India gptkb:Israel gptkb:Japan gptkb:Sweden gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:manufacturer	gptkb:Royal_Ordnance
gptkbp:notableFor	standard NATO tank gun during Cold War widespread adoption by NATO
gptkbp:range	4,000 m (APDS)
gptkbp:rateOfFire	6–10 rounds per minute
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:20-pounder_gun
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:120_mm_Rheinmetall_gun gptkb:120_mm_Royal_Ordnance_L11_gun
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:German_Army gptkb:United_States_Army gptkb:Israeli_Defense_Forces
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Vickers_MBT gptkb:Type_74 gptkb:Leopard_1 gptkb:Centurion_tank gptkb:TAM gptkb:Merkava_Mark_I gptkb:AMX-30 gptkb:Chieftain_tank_(prototypes) gptkb:M1_Abrams_(early_models) gptkb:OF-40 gptkb:T-55_(upgraded_versions) M60 Patton
gptkbp:weight	1,282 kg (barrel only)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Centurion_Tank gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK1 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK16 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK21 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK28 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK3 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK30 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK32 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK33 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK34 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK36 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK38 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK4 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK40 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK6 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK7 gptkb:Leopard_1A5DK8 gptkb:M48A2GA2
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7