GIAT CN120-26/52

The GIAT CN120-26/52 is a French 120 millimetre tank gun of 52 calibres. It is the primary gun of the Leclerc main battle tank. The bore is smoothed and chromed. The gun is fed by a mechanised loader that allows a rate of fire of 12 shots per minute.

The GIAT CN120 can utilise standard NATO ammunition. Its typical antitank ammunitions are
 * the LKE1 sabot kinetic penetrator (obus flèche OFL), developed with Germany (where it is known as DM43), which fires with an initial speed of 1790 m/s
 * a shaped charge shell (obus explosif à charge creuse, OECC) which fires with an initial speed of 1100 m/s.