Gun mantlet

File:Gun Mantlet of M1A1 Abrams.jpg

Gun mantlet, highlighted in red, mounted to a tank's main gun (American M1A1 Abrams)

A gun mantlet is an armour plate or shield attached to an armoured fighting vehicle's gun, protecting the opening through which the weapon's barrel projects from the hull or turret armour and, in many cases, ensuring the vulnerable warhead of a loaded shell does not protrude past the vehicle's armour. On many tanks during World War II, the gun mantlet covered both the main gun and any coaxial armament, and had the thickest armour on the vehicle.

Gallery

• Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-476-2051-33A, Italien, Panzer V (Panther).jpg

  Panther tank mantlet

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  Tiger I mantlet

• Sherman Tank M4 A2 E8 (639067571).jpg

  M4 Sherman mantlet

• Panzermuseum Munster 2010 0383.JPG

  Comet tank mantlet

• Солониц Танк маска пушки.JPG

  T-70 cast mantlet

• Leclerc-IMG 1709.jpg

  Leclerc mantlet

• Panzermuseum Munster 2010 0757.JPG

  Leopard 2A4 mantlet

• Panzermuseum Munster 2010 0414.JPG

  StuG III mantlet

• Panzermuseum Munster 2010 0431.JPG

  A Jagdpanther mantlet

• ISU-122 front RB.jpg

  ISU-122 mantlet

See also

• Gun shield
• Mantlet