105 mm Modèle F1
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A French AMX-30B2 sporting a 105 rifled tank gun
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| Type | Tank gun |
| Place of origin | France |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1966–present |
| Used by | Bosnia, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela |
| Wars | Gulf War |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 2,470 kg |
| Length | 5.90 metres (19.4 ft) |
| Crew | 2 (gunner, loader) |
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| Calibre | 105 millimetres (10.5 cm) |
| Muzzle velocity | 1000 m/s with HEAT round 1525 m/s with APFSDS round |
The 105 mm Modèle F1 (or CN-105-F1) is a French 105 mm tank gun used with the AMX-30. A shorter version of this gun was also used in the Israeli Super Sherman.
The F1 is fitted with a semi-automatic vertical sliding wedge breechblock, though fitted without a muzzle break. Unlike the similar 105mm L7 tank gun, the F1 uses a compressed air scavenging system instead of a bore evacuator. The recoil mechanism uses two symmetrically opposed hydraulic brake cylinders with a single hydropneumatic recuperator cylinder.
Breech
Cut-away of the tube, showing the rifling
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