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125 mm KBM1M tank gun is intended for installation in main battle tanks T-72, T-72AG,
T-72MP, as well as in their modifications, and serves to:
- defeat tanks and other armoured vehicles of the enemy;
- suppress and destroy fire support means and personnel of the enemy.
KBM1M gun can fire separate-loading ammunition, including:
- guided missles (GM)
- armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot projectile (APFSDS)
- high-explosive antitank projectile (HEAT)
- high explosive-fragmentation projectile (APFsDS)
- air-bust fragmentatio-shrapnel projectile (ABFS)(A
Specifications of the gun
| Designation |
KBM1M |
| Calibre |
125 mm |
| Type |
smoothbore gun |
| Breech-block type |
semiautomatic with horizontal placement of the wedge |
| Gun length |
6903 mm |
| Barrel length |
6000 mm (L48) |
| Normal recoil length |
260 to 300 mm |
| Maximum possible recoil length (STOP) |
310 mm |
| Initial pressure in the recuperator |
59 to 62 kgf/cm2 |
| Number of recoil brakes |
2 |
| Placement of recoil brakes |
symmetrical relative to the gun bore axis |
| Number of recuperators |
1 |
| Resistance to recoil |
98000 kgf |
| Gun weight |
2500 kg |
| Weight of gun recoiling part |
1900 kg |
| Muzzle velocity (when firing 3VBM17 "Mango" armour-piercing round) |
1700 m/s |
| Maximum acceptable calculated gas pressure in charge chamber |
6500 kgf/cm2 |
| Gas pressure in charge chamber (when firing 3VBM17 "Mango" armour-piercing round) |
5660 kgf/cm2 (at t=15°C) |
| Horizontal dispersion (APFSDS and HEAT at 2000 m range) |
0.2 mils |
| Vertical dispersion (APFSDS and HEAT at 2000 m range) |
0.2 mils |
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125 mm KBM1M tank gun
KBM1M tan gun
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