917601 Posted December 6, 2020 Share #1 Posted December 6, 2020 Posting an M1 tank 120mm HEAT round with container. Next to a 1950’s era 120mm AP round ( M103 Heavy Tank). The blue HEAT round is a target practice round. Most do not realize our 120mm M1 tank rounds use consumable casings, they ignite with the propellant and after firing the gun only the stub case ( head case)remains and is ejected when the breech is opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted December 6, 2020 US current 120mm tank rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted December 7, 2020 Tankers with their 120mm ammo. 1960’s to 2020. Not much changed? Well, it is. The USMC announced recently they are discarding and abandoning all their M1 tanks. Strange turn of events, back in the 60’s the Army decided they could not use their M103 heavy tanks in Europe so the USMC took them. Today, the USMC decided they no longer need M1 tanks and the Army will take them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilfry14 Posted April 20, 2021 Share #4 Posted April 20, 2021 Nice, I love tank rounds. Here's mine with a little bit of stenciling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubgunFun Posted April 21, 2021 Share #5 Posted April 21, 2021 Nice. I have only a TASC solid molded 120mm that I was able to paint so it looks a "bit" more realistic. Would love to have something like you have. Looks nice and I do think they are quite hard to come by. I've seen photos of full size cutaways... those are a holy grail to me of 120's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilfry14 Posted April 21, 2021 Share #6 Posted April 21, 2021 On 12/6/2020 at 11:43 AM, 917601 said: US current 120mm tank rounds. I have half this picture in a display model format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilfry14 Posted April 21, 2021 Share #7 Posted April 21, 2021 7 hours ago, SubgunFun said: Nice. I have only a TASC solid molded 120mm that I was able to paint so it looks a "bit" more realistic. Would love to have something like you have. Looks nice and I do think they are quite hard to come by. I've seen photos of full size cutaways... those are a holy grail to me of 120's. Nice model. I just have some range pickup sabot petals for the round, no projectile though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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