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The M1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or linked rounds packed in 4 M1 ammo boxes and the later M1A1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or 1,100 linked rounds packed in M1A1 ammo boxes. There were two .50 M2 ammo boxes to a crate (for a total of 220 belted or 210 linked rounds) with a volume of 0.93 cubic feet.
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.
This cooling system consists of a cylindrical water tank around the rear end of the barrel. The GSh-30-1 is equipped with a unique pyrotechnic mechanism to clear misfires: a small pyrotechnic cartridge is located to the left of the 30mm cartridge chamber. This pyrotechnic cartridge fires a small steel bolt through the side wall of the 30mm ...
The 30 mm 2A42 autocannon was developed as a replacement for 2A28 Grom and has a dual feed. One is for HE-T and the other for AP-T rounds. The gunner can select one of two rates of full automatic fire, low at 200 to 300 rds/min and high at 550 to 800 rds/min. [4] According to the manufacturer, effective range when engaging ground targets such as light armoured vehicles is 1,500 m (4,900 ft ...
Cartridges for weapons, inert projectile or Cartridges, small arms: UN 0340: 1.1D: Nitrocellulose, dry or wetted with less than 25 percent water (or alcohol), by mass UN 0341: 1.1D: Nitrocellulose, unmodified or plasticized with less than 18 percent plasticizing substance, by mass UN 0342: 1.3C
The Lightweight 30 mm rounds come in three varieties: the M788 rounds, which have a blue band near the nose, the M789 with a yellow stripe atop a black band, and the M799 with a red stripe atop a yellow band. [10] [11] The M799 HEI round is not used by the U.S. Army because of the danger of a round exploding in the gun barrel.
HS.831 is a scaled-up version of the 20 mm HS.820 and has much the same general operating principles. [1] It uses the 30x170mm round that was developed for this gun. [2] On ground, the HS.820 was used in combination with the HS.661, a single simple anti-aircraft gun mount, [3] and was also mounted on the AMX-13 DCA (Défense Contre Avions), a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon for the French ...
The NR-30 was also remarkably light, about one-third lighter than the N-37 while offering higher firepower. The GSh-301 is the only lighter 30 mm gun. A close up at the NR-30 cannon and its cartridges displayed at the Egyptian Military museum. A NR-30 on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force (incorrectly labelled as a NS-23)