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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 30 mm DS-30B Mk 1 and DS30M Mark 2 are 30-millimetre (1.2 in) automated naval gun systems designed to defend ships from fast inshore attack craft armed with short-range weaponry. The DS30M Mark 2 system consists of a 30 mm Mark 44 Bushmaster II cannon on a fully automated mount with an off-mount electro-optical director (EOD).
The DS30B system consists of a marinized, stabilized gun mount which accommodates the Oerlikon KCB 30mm cannon. The DS30B is the predecessor to the 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun, which mounts a 30mm Mark 44 Bushmaster II.
Instead of the RN's current 4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun, the Global Combat Ship will be equipped with a NATO-standard BAE 5-inch, 62-calibre Mark 45 naval gun. Smaller guns include two Phalanx CIWS, two 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Guns and a number of miniguns and general-purpose machine guns. [80]
1× BAE Systems 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun. 2× 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Guns or 30mm DS30B guns. 2× Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023) [69] 4× General-purpose machine guns.
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 Mk44 Bushmaster II is a 30 mm chain gun manufactured by Northrop Grumman. It is a derivative of the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster , and uses 70% of the same parts as the M242 while increasing the firepower by as much as 50% with the 20% increase in caliber size.
30 mm is a popular calibre for modern autocannons. ... 30 mm Breda-Mauser; 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun; Type 2 cannon; Type 5 cannon; A. ADEN cannon;