JSW (105 mm)

Description

The JSW 105mm cannon is a Japan tank cannon which is the license production of the British 105 mm L7 gun, the 105 mm JSW shares many characteristics as the British counterpart such as the access to the HESH (High-Explosive Squash-Head) ammunition.

As the main armament of the Type 74 (Family) and the type 16, players will become intimately familiar with the 105 mm JSW gun whether from the firing or receiving end of the tanks.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• Type 16 (P)
• Type 16

General info

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Available ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
Type 91	HEATFS	400	400	400	400	400	400
Type 75	HESH	127	127	127	127	127	127
M735	APFSDS	292	291	284	275	266	257
Type 93	APFSDS	405	403	396	388	378	370

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Type 91	HEATFS	1,150	9.4	0.05	0.1	1.57	65°	72°	77°
Type 75	HESH	760	10.8	0.1	4	3.89	73°	77°	80°
M735	APFSDS	1,501	3.72	-	-	-	78°	80°	81°
Type 93	APFSDS	1,501	3.4	-	-	-	78°	80°	81°

Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Screen radius (m)	Screen deploy time (s)	Screen hold time (s)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
M416	732	11.6	16	5	25	50

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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See also

• L7 (105 mm) (Family)

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Japan tank cannons
37 mm	Type 94 · Type 100 · Type 1
47 mm	Type 1
57 mm	Type 90 · Type 97
70 mm	Type 94
75 mm	Type 90 · Type 99 · Type 3 · Type 5 (Type I Model II · Type II Model I · Type II Model II)
90 mm	Type 61
105 mm	Type 5 (Experimental · Production) · JSW L/52
106 mm	Type 60 (B)
120 mm	Taishō Type 10 · Navy short gun · Type 90 L/44 · Type 10 L/44
150 mm	Type 38
155 mm	NSJ L/30 · JSW L/52
	Foreign:
25 mm	Oerlikon KBA B02 (Switzerland)
30 mm	Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 (USA)
35 mm	Oerlikon KDE (Switzerland)
75 mm	M6 (USA)
76 mm	M1 (USA) · M32 (USA)
88 mm	KwK36 (Germany)
90 mm	M3A1 (USA) · M36 (USA)
105 mm	L7A3 (Germany)
120 mm	Schneider-Canet 1898 (France)