The U-5TS (production designation 2A20) tank gun is a 115mm-calibre weapon that was fitted exclusively to the Soviet Union’s T-62 main battle tank. It was the first smoothbore weapon designed for tanks and heralded the change in main armament from rifled cannons.
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weight (kg)
2.38e+06
origin
Soviet Union
type
Tank gun
used in war
Iran–Iraq War, Lebanese Civil War, Sino-Soviet border conflict, Ethiopian Civil War, Yom Kippur War, Second Chechen War, Eritrean–Ethiopian War, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Angolan Civil War, Chadian–Libyan conflict, Libyan Civil War, Syrian Civil War, First Chechen War, 1982 Lebanon War, 2003 invasion of Iraq, Gulf War, Polisario Front, Russo-Georgian war, War in Afghanistan (1978–present), Ethio-Somali War
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