30 mm caliber

30×173mm rounds

30 mm rounds

The 30 mm caliber is a specific size of autocannon ammunition. Such ammunition includes NATO standard 30×173mm and 30×113mmB rounds and Soviet 30×165mm rounds which are widely used around the world.

Usage

The depleted uranium penetrator of a 30×173mm round used in the GAU-8

30 mm ammunition is typically not used against personnel, but rather as 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 30 mm caliber. 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.

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.

Examples of weapons using 30 mm ammunition

30×113mm rounds being loaded into an AH-64D Apache Longbow

Soviet 30×165 mm.

30×90mmRB

• MK 108 cannon (German, aircraft, World War II)

30×92mmRB

• 30 mm Type 2 cannon (Japanese, aircraft, World War II)

30×113mmB

• Hughes M230 Chain Gun (US, 1975–)
• Royal Small Arms Factory ADEN revolver cannon (UK, aircraft, 1954–)
• GIAT DEFA 550 series of revolver cannon (France, 1954–)
• Nexter 30 M 781 revolver cannon (France)
• XM188

30×114mm

• Ho-155 cannon (Japanese, aircraft, World War II)

30×122mm

• 30 mm Type 5 cannon (Japanese, aircraft, World War II)

30×150mmB

• 30M791 revolver cannon (France)

30×155mmB

• Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30 (Russia, aircraft)

30×165mm

• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 (Russia, aircraft)
• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2 (Russia, aircraft)
• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 rotary cannon (Russia, aircraft)
• AK-630 CIWS
• 2A38 (Russia, anti-aircraft autocannon)
• 2A42 (Russia, IFV autocannon)
• 2A72 (Russia, IFV autocannon)
• CRN 91 Naval Gun(India, Naval Gun)

30×170mm

• L21A1 RARDEN high-velocity gun (UK, vehicle, 1970s–)
• Oerlikon KCB (Switzerland)

30×173mm

• Oerlikon KCA (Switzerland)
• GAU-8 Avenger (US, aircraft)
• Bushmaster II (US)
• Rheinmetall Mk30-2 (Germany, IFV)
• Rheinmetall Mk30-1 (Germany)
• Goalkeeper CIWS (Netherlands,1980s-)
• Type 730 CIWS (China,1993-)
• Type1130 CIWS (China)
• H/PJ14(CS/AN2) (China)
• H/PJ17 (China)
• Denel Land Systems EMAK 30 (South Africa, IFV)
• Maadi Griffin 30mm (US, rifle)

30×184mmB

• MK 101 cannon (German, aircraft, World War II)
• MK 103 cannon (German, aircraft, World War II)

30×210mmB

• AK-230 (Russia, naval anti-aircraft)
• M53/59 Praga (Czechoslovakia, anti-aircraft, double autocannon)

30×250mm Caseless

• Rheinmetall RMK30 recoilless cannon (Germany)

35×228mm

• Rheinmetall Oerlikon Millennium Gun
• Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun
• PZA Loara
• Oerlikon GDF

37x219mmSR

• T249 Vigilante

See also

• 20 mm caliber
• 23 mm caliber
  • 23×115mm
  • 23×152mm
• 25×137mm
• 37 mm caliber
• 40 mm grenade
• List of cartridges (weaponry), pistol and rifle

External links

• FAS: 30 mm Ammunition
• ATK Products: M230
• ATK Products: M230LF