Posted on Dec 12, 2019

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SSG Robert Mark Odom

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Posted 5 y ago

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SSG Tom Pike

Posted 5 y ago

Holly crap the chamber pressure on that thing is 880 Mpa which is roughly 127,000 PSI.

The 120mm gun on the M1A Abrams operates at 580Mpa or 84,000 PSI.

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SSG Robert Mark Odom

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It's sweet right?

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CPT Jack Durish

Posted 5 y ago

Looks like someone expects there still might be a chance of a big tank battle sometime in the future

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SrA John Monette

Posted 5 y ago

never hurts to have the big guns

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