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The 30 mm caliber is a range of autocannon ammunition. It includes the NATO standardized Swiss 30×173mm (STANAG 4624), the Soviet 30×155mmB, 30×165mm and 30×210mmB, the Czechoslovak 30×210mm, the Yugoslav 30×192mm, the British 30×113mmB, and the French 30×150mmB and 30×170mm cartridges.
The Royal Small Arms Factory ADEN cannon (ADEN being an acronym for "Armament Development, Enfield") [4] is a 30 mm revolver cannon used on many military aircraft, particularly those of the British Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. [5]
The 30mm DS30M Mark 2 is a ship-protection system made by MSI-Defence Systems consisting of a 30mm Mark 44 Bushmaster II cannon on an automated mount. It was designed to defend Royal Navy frigates from fast inshore attack craft armed with short-range missiles, rocket-propelled grenades , machine guns , or explosives.
The magazine can hold 1,174 rounds, although 1,150 is the typical load-out. Muzzle velocity when firing armor-piercing incendiary rounds is 1,013 m/s, almost the same as the substantially lighter M61 Vulcan's 20 mm round, giving the gun a muzzle energy of just over 200 kilojoules. [9] 30x173mm round next to a .30-06 Springfield for comparison
Map with GIAT 30 users. Users of only the 30M 791 are in blue, users of only the 30M 781 are in red, and users of both are in purple. The GIAT 30 is a series of 30 mm cannon developed to replace the DEFA 550 series weapons on French military aircraft.
The RMK 30 (Rückstoßfreie Maschinenkanone 30; recoilless autocannon) is a recoilless 30 mm caliber autocannon firing caseless 30 × 250 mm ammunition cartridges. The gun was developed by the German company Mauser, which is now a subsidiary of the Rheinmetall group. Back view of Rheinmetall RMK30 (TechDemo 2008)
HS.831 is a scaled-up version of the 20 mm HS.820 and has much the same general operating principles. [1] It uses the 30x170mm round that was developed for this gun. [2] On ground, the HS.820 was used in combination with the HS.661, a single simple anti-aircraft gun mount, [3] and was also mounted on the AMX-13 DCA (Défense Contre Avions), a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon for the French ...
The 30 mm 2A42 autocannon was developed as a replacement for 2A28 Grom and has a dual feed. One is for HE-T and the other for AP-T rounds. The gunner can select one of two rates of full automatic fire, low at 200 to 300 rds/min and high at 550 to 800 rds/min. [4] According to the manufacturer, effective range when engaging ground targets such as light armoured vehicles is 1,500 m (4,900 ft ...