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The reason no such weapons have been mounted on tanks is the fact that they are inaccurate, short ranged, difficult to maintain under field conditions, due to their large number of moving parts, and they require more ammunition (due to there high firing rate) than an armored vehicle could realistically carry into combat. It simply is easier to carry a large conventional weapon which can deliver one large round rather than a hundred small ones. Also a conventional tank gun can be used for indirect fire support, which the GAU-8 cannot do, being a purely direct fire weapon.
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Did World War 1 tanks have guns?
yes,all ww1 tanks had guns
Why tanks have smooth barrelled guns?
Do they now? Some tanks have certainly had rifled-barrelled guns.
What kind of airplanes tanks and guns were used in World War 1?
French 75mm field guns; Renault model 1917 tanks; Spad 13 airplanes were the most popular and successful of allied guns, tanks, and planes.
What guns did the Japanese use in World War 22?
Japanese Type 95 light tanks were armed with 37mm guns & the Type 97 medium tanks were armed with 47mm guns.
What weapon's did they used in tanks and aircrafts?
Tanks use cannons; and aircraft use machine guns or automatic cannons (small caliber such as 20mm, 30mm, etc). Tank cannons are called "main guns." During the Vietnam War, the US Patton tanks fired 90mm main guns; while the Australian Centurion tanks fired 84mm guns.
In the Battle of the Somme the Allies introduced machine guns or tanks?
machine guns NO Tanks the machine gun had been around since 1860 or so............
In what order did blitzkrieg attacks usualy occur?
bombs, machine guns, tanks
What can kill a bus?
Tanks, frags, and mostly guns.
What does the Chinese military use?
tanks machine guns
Did World War 1 tanks have machine guns on them?
No
What is the difference between male and female World War 1 tanks?
as far as i know, male tanks used cannons (guns firing explosive shells) and female tanks used machine guns with conventional rounds
What were the new war weapons in the World War 1?
Mustard gas, Tanks, Airplanes
