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Size comparison between 30×170mm and 5.56x45mm NATO

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.

UsageEdit

Ammunition in 30 mm is typically not used against personnel but rather as an anti-materiel or armor-piercing round. Rounds of this size can be effective against lightly armored vehicles as well as fortified bunkers. It is also a popular caliber for shipboard close-in weapons systems (CIWS), such as the Russian AK-630 and Dutch Goalkeeper CIWS.

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 chambered in 30 mm.

The U.S. military uses 30 mm weapons in their A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft, AC-130 gunship (AC-130J Ghostrider variant), and AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. It was going to be used in the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, until the project was canceled. The United States Navy uses 30 mm weapons on the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock and on Template:Sclass and Template:Sclasss as part of the surface warfare (SuW) package.<ref>Mk-46 GWS Template:Webarchive - Seaforces.org</ref><ref>Navy Orders Six More General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship MK46 Mod 2 Gun Weapon Systems Template:Webarchive - Guns.com, 21 March 2013</ref> In 2012, the Navy decided to replace the Mk 110 57 mm cannons on Template:Sclasss with the Mk 46 GWS (Gun Weapon System), a navalized mounting of the Mk44 Bushmaster chain gun.<ref>Navy Swaps Out Anti-Swarm Boat Guns on DDG-1000s Template:Webarchive - News.USNI.org, 5 August 2014</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2022, the United States Coast Guard announced plans to install 30 mm Mk44 chain guns on newly-built Polar Security Cutters (PSCs), though existing cutters would retain their 25mm Mark 38 mounts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Types of ammunitionEdit

30 mm calibre weapons are used in a variety of roles. As a result, ammunition in 30 mm comes in several varieties: armor-piercing (AP), high-explosive (HE), airburst, and target practice (TP) rounds. Both AP and HE cartridges commonly possess incendiary or tracer elements, which may be noted in its designation; API and HE-T are Armor-Piercing Incendiary and High-Explosive Tracer respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

WeaponsEdit

  • Examples of 30 mm rounds and cannons
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    Swiss 30×173mm

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    Soviet 30×165mm

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

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    French 30×150mmB

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

Current weaponsEdit

Cartridge Weapon Country of origin Designer Type Example platforms
30×29mmB AGS-17 Template:USSR OKB-16 Automatic grenade launcher BMD-3, BTR-90, BTR-D
AGS-30 {{#invoke:flag }} KBP Instrument Design Bureau Automatic grenade launcher BTR-T, GAZ-2975 Tigr, M2020 (tank)
30×113mmB M230 Template:USA Hughes Chain gun Boeing AH-64 Apache, JLTV MADIS, Oshkosh M-ATV, Stryker M-SHORAD
ADEN Template:GBR Royal Small Arms Factory Revolver cannon English Electric Lightning,
Hawker Hunter, Saab Draken, SEPECAT Jaguar
VENOM LR 30 Template:GBR AEI Systems Revolver cannon Midgard 300 RWS, electro optic systems (EOS) R400 ROWS (prototype)
DEFA 550 series {{#invoke:flag France}} Direction des Études et Fabrications d'Armement Revolver cannon Dassault Mystere, Mirage series, Étendard series, SEPECAT Jaguar,
Fiat G.91, AMX International AMX
30 M 781 {{#invoke:flag France}} GIAT Chain gun Eurocopter Tiger
XM188 Template:USA General Electric Rotary cannon Bell AH-1 Cobra (prototype)
30×150mmB 30 M 791 {{#invoke:flag France}} Nexter Revolver cannon Dassault Rafale
30×155mmB NR-30 Template:USSR Nudelman-Rikhter Short-recoil autocannon MiG-19, MiG-21, Su-7, Su-17, J-7
30×165mm GSh-30-1 Template:USSR Gryazev-Shipunov Short-recoil autocannon Sukhoi Su-27, Sukhoi Su-30, Sukhoi Su-35, Sukhoi Su-57, Mikoyan MiG-29
GSh-30-2 Template:USSR Gryazev-Shipunov Twin autocannon Sukhoi Su-25, Mil Mi-24P
GSh-6-30 Template:USSR Gryazev-Shipunov Rotary cannon MiG-27, Kortik CIWS
AK-630 Template:USSR TsKIB SOO Rotary cannon A-213-Vympel-A CIWS
2A42 Template:USSR KBP Instrument Design Bureau Gas-operated autocannon BMP-2, BMD-2, BMD-3, Kurganets-25, T-15 Armata, Mil Mi-28, Kamov Ka-50, BTR-90
2A72 Template:USSR KBP Instrument Design Bureau Long-recoil autocannon BMP-3 (also in BRM-3K version), BMD-4, BTR-82A, Uran-9
Template:Ill Template:USSR KBP Instrument Design Bureau Twin anti-aircraft gas-operated autocannon 2K22 Tunguska, Pantsir-S
CRN 91 {{#invoke:flag India}} Ordnance Factory Medak Light naval gun Trinkat-class patrol vessel, Kumbhir-class landing ship,
Car Nicobar-class fast attack craft
Type 730/1130 Template:CHN 713th Research Institute Gatling gun Type 052C destroyer,
Type 001A aircraft carrier, LD-2000
30×170mm HS.831A Template:FR Hispano-Suiza Gas-unlocked delayed-blowback autocannon AMX-30 DCA
HS.831L / Oerlikon KCB Template:FR / {{#invoke:flag Switzerland}} Hispano-Suiza / Oerlikon Falcon anti-aircraft system, DS30B rapid-fire ship-protection system
L21A1 RARDEN Template:GBR Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment/
Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield 		Long-recoil autocannon FV721 Fox, FV107 Scimitar,
FV510 Warrior
30×173mm (STANAG 4624) KCA {{#invoke:flag Switzerland}} Oerlikon Revolver cannon Saab 37 Viggen, Skyranger 30
GAU-8 Avenger Template:USA General Electric Gatling gun Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, Signaal Goalkeeper CIWS
Mk44 Bushmaster II Template:USA Alliant Techsystems Chain gun Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle, AS21 Redback, BAE ACV-30, Bionix II, Borsuk, Boxer Vilkas, CM-34, CV9030, Template:Ill, Template:Ill, Freccia EVO, Hunter AFV, KTO Rosomak, LAV III(Colombia), LAV-700, M1296 Stryker Dragoon, N-WAV 8×8 IFV, Pandur II 8×8 KBVP, Patria AMV - CRO 30L, Pindad Cobra, Piranha III (Belgium, Botswana, Ireland), Piranha V (Romania), Template:Ill, Sentinel II 6×6 and 8×8, VBTP-MR Guarani
Naval weapon systems:
DS30M Mark 2

Aircraft carrier:

NAM Atlântico

Amphibious transport docks:

Angthong-class, Template:Sclass

Destroyers

Type 45 class, Template:Sclass

Frigates:

Template:Sclasss, Littoral combat ship, Maharaja Lela class, Template:Sclass, Type 23 class

Corvettes:

Template:Sclass (Argentina), Template:Sclass

Offshore patrol vessels:

Hateruma class, Template:Sclass, Mamuju class, Polar Security Cutter, River class (batch II)

Patrol vessels:

Bintang Laut class, Hateruma class, Template:Sclasss, Krabi class, Template:Sclasss, Leamsing class, Mamuju class, Pari class, Pulau Nipah class, Swiftships, Tanjung Datu class, Template:Sclass, T.994 class

Fast-attack craft:

Clurit class, Shaldag Mk.V class

Mine-countermeasure vessels:

Ladya class

Support vessels:

Template:Sclass

Research vessels:

Pollux class
Lockheed AC-130J,
Template:Ill {{#invoke:flag Germany}} Rheinmetall Automatic cannon ASCOD, Boxer CRV, Boxer RadSPz (PuBo), Lynx KF41, Piranha III (Spanish Marines), SPz Puma, 30mm/82 Compact
EMAK 30 Template:ZAF Denel Land Systems Linkless cam gun Badger
Maadi Griffin Template:USA Robert Stewart Prototype anti-materiel rifle Maadi Griffin
30mm X-GUN {{#invoke:flag Italy}} Leonardo Automatic Cannon
Wotan 30 {{#invoke:flag Germany}} Rheinmetall Automatic cannon Lynx KF41
GTS-30/N {{#invoke:flag Slovakia}} ZŤS – ŠPECIÁL Gas-operated autocannon BOV 8x8 Vydra
30×210mmB NN-30 Template:USSR Tulamashzavod Twin revolver cannon AK-230 light naval gun/CIWS
30×210mm vz.53/59 Template:Flag Praga Hostivař Twin anti-aircraft autocannon M53/59 Praga
30×250mm caseless RMK30 {{#invoke:flag Germany}} Mauser Recoilless revolver cannon Wiesel AWC (experimental),
Eurocopter Tiger UH (experimental)

Historical weaponsEdit

Weapon Country of origin Designer Cartridge Type Example platforms
MK 108 Template:Flag Rheinmetall-Borsig 30×90mmRB Autocannon Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6, Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-2,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R2, Messerschmitt Me 262
Type 2 Template:Flag Dai-Nippon Weapons Co., Ltd. 30×92mmRB Blowback autocannon Mitsubishi J2M (prototype)
Ho-155 Template:Flag Nagoya Arsenal 30×114mm Autocannon Nakajima Ki-84-I Hei,
Kawasaki Ki-102c Hei
Type 5 Template:Flag Nihon Tokushuko 30×122mm Autocannon Yokosuka P1Y, Kyushu J7W,
Mitsubishi J2M (planned)
NR-30 Template:Flag A.E. Nudelman and A.A. Rikhter 30×155mmB Autocannon MiG-19, MiG-21, Sukhoi Su-7,
Sukhoi Su-17
MK 101 Template:Flag Rheinmetall-Borsig 30×184mmB Autocannon Henschel Hs 129,
Heinkel He 177A-1/U2 (experimental)
MK 103 Template:Flag Rheinmetall-Borsig Electrically primed autocannon Focke-Wulf Fw 190,
Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz
MK 303 Template:Flag Krieghoff 30×210mm Anti-aircraft autocannon Type XXI submarine

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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