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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 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
The GAU-13 was developed in the late 1970s for use in gun pod applications for fighter aircraft and attack aircraft use, primarily for air-to-ground and anti-tank attacks.. The GAU-13/A is a four-barreled rotary cannon based on the mechanism of the larger GAU-8, sharing the same massive 30 mm ammunition.
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 U.S. Navy uses the Mk44 Bushmaster II in the Mk 46 Mod 2 Gun Weapon System (GWS). The GWS is produced by General Dynamics to give warships protection against small, high-speed surface craft. A Mk 46 turret consists of the 30 mm chain gun, a forward looking infrared (FLIR) sensor, a low light television camera, and a laser rangefinder. The ...
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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 ...