What is the big gun on a tank called?

Gun. The barrel that sticks out from the turret is the tank's gun and serves as its primary weapon. This will usually be a high-caliber cannon. Certain tanks may also have a coaxial gun or machine gun mounted in the turret as well, but these are not useable in World of Tanks.
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What is tank cannon called?

A tank gun is the main armament of a tank. Modern tank guns are high-velocity, large-caliber artilleries capable of firing kinetic energy penetrators, high-explosive anti-tank, and cannon-launched guided projectiles.
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What guns are on tanks?

Weapons mounted in tanks have ranged from single rifle-calibre machine guns to, in recent years, long-barreled guns of 120- or 125-mm (4.72- or 4.92-inch) calibre.
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What is a tank turret called?

A small turret, or sub-turret set on top of a larger one, is called a cupola. The term cupola is also used for a rotating turret that carries a sighting device rather than weaponry, such as that used by a tank commander.
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What is a tank cupola?

English: In military a small turret, or a sub-turret on a larger gun turret, is called a cupola. On armoured fighting vehicles cupolas are often used to carry panoramic sighting devices of a tank commander, more rarely they carry a machine gun.
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What is a tank glacis?

A glacis plate is the sloped front-most section of the hull of a tank or other armoured fighting vehicle. More generally, a glacis is any slope, natural or artificial, which fulfils the above requirements. The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made dangerous with ice, hence the relationship with glacier.
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What is a tank bullet called?

Shells are usually large-caliber projectiles fired by artillery, armored fighting vehicles (e.g. tanks, assault guns, and mortar carriers), warships, and autocannons.
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What gun is armored strength?

The Armored Strength is a Weapon Blueprint available in Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone Pacific. It is a Ultra blueprint variant of the base weapon Cooper Carbine, one of the Assault Rifles featured in Call of Duty.
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What is the biggest cannon on a tank?

The 127th Ordinance Research Institute's news 125mm tank cannon is the world' largest, with a barrel length over 7.5 meters and highly powerful shells.
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What size is a tank gun?

This report covers tank guns of 115 mm, 120 mm, and 125 mm in calibre, which encompasses the majority of tank guns that have been produced since 1961, when the Soviet Union introduced the T-62 main battle tank (MBT).
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What is the largest gun on a battleship?

The largest calibre guns ever mounted on a ship were the nine 45.7 cm (18 inch) guns installed on the Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi. The shells weighed 1,452 kg (3,200 lb) and could be fired 43.5 km (27 miles). Yamato and Musashi were the largest battleships ever to sail.
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What do tanks run on?

Traditional armored vehicles, including tanks, use engines running on diesel or gasoline.
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Why do tanks have machine guns?

Why do people always use machine guns? They can be useful if shot in the right place. Open top tank destroyers have a huge weak point (how open they are) and MGs can prove to be useful against lightly armored targets and/or aircraft.
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How big is a tank bullet?

120×570mm NATO tank ammunition (4.7 inch) also known as 120×570 R is a common, NATO-standard (STANAG 4385), tank gun semi-combustible cartridge used by 120mm smoothbore guns, superseding the earlier 105×617mmR cartridge used in NATO-standard rifled tank guns.
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What gun is the armored titan?

Armored Titan – legendary Roland skin. Armored Strength – ultra assault rifle blueprint.
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What operator is armored titan?

The ten included items are as follows: Roland Zeimet of Task Force Barbarian dons the “Armored Titan” Operator Skin, a look that's sure to send enemies running for cover. There's a weapon for every engagement, too.
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What is a shell weapon?

A shell is a type of projectile used in weapons. It is filled with explosive or other things such as an incendiary device. It is similar to a bomb but is made to be shot out of a gun. Shells are usually large caliber projectiles fired by artillery, armored vehicles (including tanks), and warships.
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What is in a tank round?

Generally the round is made from special, high chromium steel which is forged into shape, rather than cast, and then annealed; this imparts extremely high tensile strength into the round. They are generally used against tank armour, concrete or other defences, depending on the calibre of the round being used.
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What are tank shells?

Shells are usually large-calibre projectiles fired by artillery and combat vehicles (including tanks), and warships. Shells usually have the shape of a cylinder topped by an ogive-shaped nose for good aerodynamic performance, possibly with a tapering base; but some specialized types are quite different.
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What are tank road wheels?

The more common classical type is a solid chain track made of steel plates (with or without rubber pads), also called caterpillar tread or tank tread, which is preferred for robust and heavy construction vehicles and military vehicles.
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What is the front armor of a tank called?

The glacis armor on a tank is its frontal armor. This armor makes up the front fortifications of a tank, and is quite often the thickest part of the tank, as it's typically the section facing an enemy.
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Is 2M heavy tank?

The IS-2M is a Soviet tier 7 premium heavy tank. This vehicle is a modification of the IS-2, developed from the early 1950s through the early 1960s. Before the T-10's development, the IS-2 was the main Soviet heavy tank. It remained in service until the mid 1990s.
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