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76-mm M32 tank gun

Country of Origin: USA

description

The M32 76-mm gun is the main armament of the U.S. M41 Walker Bulldog light tank.

The gun fires the following projectiles: armor-piercing with tracer (AP-T), fin-stabilized discarding-sabot AP (APFSDS-T), canister (CAN), high-explosive (HE), HE anti-tank (HEAT-T), high-velocity AP (HVAP-T), HVAP-DS-T and smoke (WP).

status

In service in declining numbers.

Initial operational capability (IOC) for the gun was reached in 1951. It is no longer in production. The gun is no longer in U.S....

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