30 mm caliber
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30 mm caliber (1.1811 inch) ammunition is usually used in autocannon. Such ammunition includes NATO standard 30 × 173 mm and 30 × 113 mm and Soviet 30 × 165 mm ammunition widely used around the world.
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[edit] Usage
The 30 mm is typically not an anti-personnel weapon, but rather an anti-materiel or armor-piercing round. Rounds of this size can be effective against armored vehicles as well as fortified bunkers.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use their 30 mm weapons in a variety of vehicles, including the Su-25 attack aircraft, Mi-24 helicopter, Mi-28 attack helicopter, Ka-50 attack helicopter, and the BMP-2, BMP-3, and BTR-90 infantry fighting vehicles. The most modern anti-aircraft gun systems in use by Russia are in 30mm. The U.S. military uses 30 mm weapons in their A-10 Thunderbolt II and AH-64 Apache helicopter. It was going to be used in the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle until the project was cancelled.
[edit] Types of 30 mm ammunition
30 mm ammunition generally comes in three varieties: armor piercing (AP), high explosive (HE), and training rounds. Armor piercing and high explosive cartridges usually also possess incendiary characteristics.
[edit] Examples of weapons using 30mm ammunition
30 × 90mm RB
- MK 108 cannon (German, aircraft, WWII)
- 30 × 113mm B
- Hughes M230 Chain Gun (US, 1975–)
- Royal Small Arms Factory ADEN revolver cannon (UK, aircraft, 1954–)
- GIAT DEFA revolver cannon (France, 1954–)
- GIAT 30 (M781) revolver cannon (France)
30 × 150mm B
30 × 165mm
- Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2 (Russia, aircraft)
- Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-301 (Russia, aircraft)
- Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 rotary cannon
- 2A42 IFV cannon
- 2A72 IFV cannon
- 2A38 AA-cannon
30 × 170mm
- L21A1 RARDEN high velocity gun (UK, vehicle, 1970s–)
- Oerlikon Contraves KCB (Switzerland)
30 × 173mm
- Oerlikon Contraves KCA (Switzerland)
- GAU-8 Avenger (US, aircraft)
- Bushmaster II (US)
- Rheinmetall Mk30-2 (Germany, IFV)
- Rheinmetall Mk30-1 Germany
- Denel Land Systems EMAK 30 (South Africa, IFV)[1]
30 x 184mm B
30 × 250mm Caseless
- Rheinmetall RMK30 recoilless cannon (Germany)
[edit] See also
- 20 mm caliber
- 23 mm caliber
- 25 × 137 mm
- 40 mm grenade
- List of cartridges (weaponry), pistol and rifle
