30 mm caliber

30 mm caliber

30 mm ammunition refers to one of several autocannon rounds: the 30 x 173 mm, 30 x 113 mm or 30 x 164 mm; the first two of which are used by the armed forces of NATO, the latter by former Warsaw Pact nations; these rounds are used by the armies of export customer nations as well.

Usage

Unlike the smaller 25 mm round, the 30 mm is not typically an anti-personnel weapon round. Instead, the 30 mm round is generally either an anti-materiel or armor-piercing round. Rounds of this size can be effective against armored vehicles as well as fortified bunkers.

DU penetrator of a 30 mm round

The U. S. Military uses 30 mm weapons in their A-10 Thunderbolt II and AH-64 Apache Helicopter. It will be used in the AC-130 Gunship and the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. 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 and the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle.

Examples

30 x 113mm
*Hughes M230 Chain Gun (US)
*Bushmaster II (US)
*Royal Small Arms Factory ADEN cannon (UK, aircraft))
*GIAT DEFA 550 revolver cannon (France)

30 x 150mm
*GIAT 30 revolver cannon (France)

30 x 164mm
*Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1(Russia, Aircraft)
*Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2 (Russia, aircraft)

30 x 165mm
*Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 rotary cannon

30 x 170mm
*RARDEN high velocity gun (UK, vehicle)

30 x 173mm
*GAU-8 Avenger (US, aircraft)

30 x 250mm Caseless
*Rheinmetall RMK30 recoilless cannon (Germany)

Other
*Oerlikon Contraves KCB (Switzerland)
*GIAT M781 autocannon (France)

Types of 30 mm ammunition

30 mm ammunition generally comes in three varieties: Armor Piercing, High explosive, and Training rounds. Armor Piercing and High Explosive cartridges usually also possess incendiary characteristics.

ee also

*5.56 mm caliber
*7.62 mm caliber
*.50 BMG
*12.7 x 107 mm
*14.5 x 114 mm
*20 mm caliber
*25 mm caliber
*40 mm grenade
*Caliber

*List of cartridges (weaponry), pistol and rifle

External links

* [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/30mm.htm FAS: 30 mm Ammunition]
* [http://www.atk.com/international/precision/descriptions/products/GunSys/30mmChainGun.htm ATK Products: M230]
* [http://www.atk.com/international/precision/descriptions/products/GunSys/30mmChainGunLF.htm ATK Products: M230LF]
* [http://www.pmulcahy.com/autocannons/french_autocannons.html French Autocannons]


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