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The IMI 120 mm gun is an L44 smoothbore tank gun designed and produced by Israeli Military Industries (IMI). It is widely confused as a licensed production of the Rheinmetall L44 tank gun however it was developed by IMI from 1983 to 1988 to meet the requirements of the Israel Defense Forces’ Merkava Mark III main battle tank.It was first revealed in 1989 when it was shown to be the main armament of the Merkava Mark III.