Kaliber 30 mm adalah ukuran tertentu dari amunisi senapan maupun meriam . Amunisi tersebut termasuk peluru standar NATO 30×113mmB, 30×173mm (STANAG 4624), dan 35x228mm NATO, 30 × 165mm Soviet , 30x210mmB, dan 37×250mm, Yugoslavia 30x192mm, dan Cekoslowakia 30x210mmCz yang banyak digunakan di seluruh dunia .
Amunisi 30 mm biasanya tidak digunakan untuk melawan personel, melainkan sebagai peluru antimateri atau peluru penusuk lapis baja . Butiran peluru sebesar ini bisa efektif melawan kendaraan lapis baja ringan serta bunker yang diperkuat. 30mm juga merupakan kaliber yang populer untuk sistem senjata kapal jarak dekat, seperti AK-630 Rusia dan CIWS Kiper Belanda .
Angkatan Bersenjata Federasi Rusia menggunakan senjata 30 mm mereka dalam berbagai kendaraan , termasuk pesawat tempur Su-25 , helikopter Mi-24 , helikopter serang Mi-28, helikopter serang Ka-50, dan BMP-2 , BMP-3 , dan kendaraan tempur infanteri BTR-90 . Sistem meriam antipesawat paling modern yang digunakan oleh Rusia adalah 30 mm. Militer AS menggunakan senjata 30 mm di A-10 Thunderbolt II dan helikopter AH-64 Apache mereka.
Amunisi 30 mm umumnya tersedia dalam tiga jenis: armor-piercing (AP), high-explosive (HE), dan butiran training. Peluru penusuk lapis baja dan bahan peledak tinggi biasanya juga memiliki karakteristik pembakar.
Cartridge
Weapon
Country of origin
Designer
Type
Example platforms
30×113mmB
M230
Amerika Serikat
Hughes
Chain gun
Boeing AH-64 Apache , Oshkosh M-ATV
ADEN
Britania Raya
Royal Small Arms Factory
Revolver cannon
English Electric Lightning ,Hawker Hunter , Saab Draken , SEPECAT Jaguar
DEFA 550 series
Prancis
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
Prancis
GIAT
Chain gun
Eurocopter Tiger
XM188
Amerika Serikat
General Electric
Rotary cannon
Bell AH-1 Cobra (prototype)
30×150mmB
30 M 791
Prancis
Nexter
Revolver cannon
Dassault Rafale
30×165mm
GSh-30-1 [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Rusia
Gryazev-Shipunov
Short recoil autocannon
Sukhoi Su-27 , Sukhoi Su-57 , MiG-29
GSh-30-2
Rusia
Gryazev-Shipunov
Twin autocannon
Sukhoi Su-25 , Mil Mi-24P
GSh-6-30
Rusia
Gryazev-Shipunov
Rotary cannon
MiG-27 , Kortik CIWS
AK-630
Rusia
TsKIB SOO
Rotary cannon
A-213-Vympel-A CIWS
2A42/2A72
Rusia
KBP Instrument Design Bureau
Autocannon
BMP series , BMD series, BTR-80 , Kurganets-25 , T-15 Armata , Mil Mi-28 , Kamov Ka-50
2A38
Rusia
KBP Instrument Design Bureau
Twin anti-aircraft autocannon
2K22 Tunguska , Pantsir-S
CRN 91
India
Ordnance Factory Medak
Light naval gun
Trinkat -class patrol vessel, Kumbhir -class landing ship,Car Nicobar -class fast attack craft
30×170mm
HS 831A
Templat:FR
Hispano Suiza
recoil-operated
AMX-30 DCA
HS 831L / KCB
Templat:FR / Swiss
Hispano Suiza / Oerlikon
recoil-operated
Falcon Anti-Aircraft System, DS30B rapid-fire ship-protection system
L21A1 RARDEN
Britania Raya
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
Swiss
Oerlikon
Revolver cannon
Saab 37 Viggen
GAU-8 Avenger [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Amerika Serikat
General Electric
Gatling gun
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II , Signaal Goalkeeper CIWS
Mk44 Bushmaster II [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Amerika Serikat
Alliant Techsystems
Chain gun
KTO Rosomak , CV9030 , M1296 Stryker Dragoon, Lockheed AC-130J, Hateruma -class patrol vessel
Mk30
Jerman
Rheinmetall
Automatic cannon
Boxer CRV , ASCOD , SPz Puma ,30 mm/82 Compact
Type 730/1130
Tiongkok
713th Research Institute
Gatling gun
Type 052C destroyer ,Type 001A aircraft carrier , LD-2000
EMAK 30
Afrika Selatan
Denel Land Systems
Linkless cam gun
Badger
Maadi Griffin
Amerika Serikat
Robert Stewart
Prototype anti-materiel rifle
Maadi Griffin
Wotan 30
Jerman
Rheinmetall
Automatic cannon
Lynx
30×210mmB
NN-30
Rusia
Tulamashzavod
Twin revolver cannon
AK-230 light naval gun/CIWS
30×210mmCz
vz.53/59
Czechoslovakia
Praga Hostivař
Twin anti-aircraft autocannon
M53/59 Praga
30×250mm Caseless
RMK30
Jerman
Mauser
Recoilless revolver cannon
Wiesel AWC (experimental),Eurocopter Tiger UH (experimental)
35×228mm
35/1000
Swiss
Oerlikon Contraves
Revolver gun
GDM-008 Millennium Gun CIWS, Oerlikon Skyshield/Skyranger
35DPG
Afrika Selatan
Denel Land Systems
Dual-purpose gun (CIWS/anti-boat defense)
Valour -class frigate
Bushmaster III
Amerika Serikat
Alliant Techsystems
Automatic cannon
CV9035
GDF-001
Swiss
Oerlikon Contraves
Anti-aircraft autocannon
Flakpanzer Gepard , Type 87 SPAAG , PZA Loara
Wotan 35
Jerman
Rheinmetall
Automatic cannon
Lynx
37×219mmSR
T250
Amerika Serikat
Springfield Armory
Anti-aircraft gatling gun
T249 Vigilante
Referensi
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^ "Born in the USSR: Russia's most vicious Soviet mini-artillery guns - Russia Beyond" .
^ "Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-301 | Weaponsystems.net" . weaponsystems.net .
^ 30x165 mm Rounds, Armaco JSC - Bulgaria
^ "GAU-8/A Avenger" . National Museum of the USAF. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2010-04-16. Diakses tanggal 2009-09-14 .
^ Goebel, Greg (October 1, 2008). "A-10: Development & Description" . Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2009-09-25. Diakses tanggal 2009-09-14 .
^ "30 mm GAU-8/A Ammunition" (PDF) , Defense Systems , Orbital ATK, hlm. 2, November 2002, diarsipkan (PDF) dari versi aslinya tanggal 2017-02-07, diakses tanggal 2016-05-18
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^ "Spooky Gun Swap Canceled" Diarsipkan 11 October 2008 di Wayback Machine .. Air Force Magazine, October 2008, Volume 91, Number 10, p. 24.
^ GAU-23 30mm Automatic Cannon Receives Type Classification Diarsipkan 11 December 2012 di Wayback Machine . - Prnewswire.com, 9 July 2012
^ Mk-46 GWS Diarsipkan 2 November 2014 di Wayback Machine . - Seaforces.org
^ Navy Orders Six More General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship MK46 Mod 2 Gun Weapon Systems Diarsipkan 2 November 2014 di Wayback Machine . - Guns.com, 21 March 2013
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