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30 Mm Cannon Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 7 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged 30 Mm Cannon, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

7 weapon systems

30 mm ADEN cannon, 30 mm aircraft cannon, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVs30 mm ADEN cannon30 mm aircraft cannonSide: UnknownBuilt: Royal Small Arms Factory / United KingdomThe 30 mm ADEN cannon is a British aircraft revolver cannon developed from the German MG 213 concept and built by Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield. RAF and IWM records tie the gun to post-war British fighters and trainer aircraft, including Lightning F6 service and later Hawk 127 gunpod use.

BTR-82/BTR-82A, 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBTR-82/BTR-82A8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrierSide: RussiaSyrian government and alliesAzerbaijanBuilt: Military Industrial Company / RussiaThe BTR-82/BTR-82A is a Russian 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier developed from the BTR-80 family. The BTR-82A adds a stabilized 30 mm 2A72 cannon, improved sights, a 300 hp KAMAZ diesel, spall liners, and other mobility and survivability upgrades, making it one of the more heavily armed wheeled APCs widely documented with Russian units in the Russia-Ukraine War.

2A72 30 mm automatic cannon, 30 mm dual-feed automatic cannon, Artillery

Artillery2A72 30 mm automatic cannon30 mm dual-feed automatic cannonSide: UnknownBuilt: Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company / RussiaThe 2A72 is a Russian 30 mm dual-feed automatic cannon designed by KBP Instrument Design Bureau and manufactured by Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company. Army Guide identifies it as a 30 mm cannon first shown publicly in 1995, with documented installations on the BMP-3, BTR-80A, BTR-82A, prototype Pantsir-S1, and Kliver mounts.

FPM-1 automatic gun, 30 mm automatic gun, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsFPM-1 automatic gun30 mm automatic gunSide: UnknownBuilt: Not publicly identified / UkraineThe FPM-1 automatic gun is a 30 mm automatic gun listed in the BTR-3E armament section, where it appears in the CM-3M combat module fit on a Ukrainian armored vehicle. The same designation is also documented on the BTR-4E armament page, tying the gun to multiple Ukrainian carrier-platform fits.

Mk239 TP-T, 30 mm target practice tracer round, Munitions

MunitionsMk239 TP-T30 mm target practice tracer roundSide: UnknownBuilt: Northrop Grumman / United StatesThe Mk239 TP-T is Northrop Grumman's 30 mm target practice tracer round in the 30x173 mm Bushmaster family. The round is a training cartridge derived from the 30 mm PGU-15 TP and matched to 30x173 mm cannon ballistics for Mk44-based weapons.

MK 46 Mod 2 30mm GWS, 30 mm remote gun system, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsMK 46 Mod 2 30mm GWS30 mm remote gun systemSide: UnknownBuilt: General Dynamics Land Systems / United StatesThe MK 46 Mod 2 30mm GWS is a remotely operated U.S. Navy shipboard gun system built around the Mk 44 Mod 2 30 mm cannon. It uses a FLIR sensor, low-light television camera, and laser rangefinder to provide close-range defense against small, fast surface threats.

BM-7 Parus weapon station, Remotely controlled weapon station, Support Equipment

Support EquipmentBM-7 Parus weapon stationRemotely controlled weapon stationSide: UnknownBuilt: Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau / UkraineThe BM-7 Parus is a Ukrainian remotely controlled weapon station for light armoured vehicles, mounting a 30 mm ZTM-1 cannon, machine gun, grenade launcher, and Barrier anti-tank missiles. It is documented on the BTR-4 family and is built for protected direct-fire support from a remote weapon station.