M68 105 mm gun

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The M68 105 mm gun is an American tank cannon widely used on main battle tanks such as the M60 and early M1 Abrams, known for its reliability, accuracy, and NATO standardization.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
M60 tank armament system 1
M68 105 mm gun canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artillery piece ⓘ
tank gun ⓘ
ammunitionType APFSDS ⓘ
HE ⓘ
HEAT ⓘ
HESH ⓘ
canister ⓘ
barrelType rifled barrel ⓘ
basedOn Royal Ordnance L7 ⓘ
breechType vertical sliding-wedge breech ⓘ
caliber 105 mm ⓘ
compatibleWith NATO standard 105 mm tank ammunition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designed late 1950s ⓘ
designedFor M1 Abrams ⓘ
linked to: M1 Abrams tanks

M60 Patton ⓘ
linked to: M60 Patton tank
enteredService 1960s ⓘ
hasVariant M68A1 ⓘ
M68A1E4 ⓘ
linked to: M68A1
knownFor NATO standardization ⓘ
accuracy ⓘ
reliability ⓘ
mountType turret-mounted ⓘ
operator Greece ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf M60 tank armament system ⓘ
linked to: M68 105 mm gun

early M1 Abrams armament system ⓘ
primaryRole main armament of main battle tanks ⓘ
standardOf NATO 105 mm tank gun ⓘ
usedBy Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
several NATO countries ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Lebanon War 1982 ⓘ
linked to: 1982 Lebanon War

Yom Kippur War ⓘ
usedOnVehicle Israeli Magach tanks ⓘ
M1 Abrams (early variants) ⓘ
linked to: M1 Abrams tanks

M1128 Mobile Gun System ⓘ
M1IP Abrams ⓘ
linked to: M1 Abrams tanks

M60A1 ⓘ
linked to: M60 Patton tank

M60A3 ⓘ
linked to: M60 Patton tank

Merkava Mark I ⓘ
Merkava Mark II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 → inspiredDesignOf → M68 105 mm gun ⓘ
M68 105 mm gun → partOf → M60 tank armament system ⓘ
linked to: M68 105 mm gun