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Medium Caliber Ammunition

ROUND 30mm BMP-II AP/T

Weapon : 30mm Automatic Gun 2A42 usually mounted on Infantry Combat Vehicle Bmp-II
End Use : It is used against light armoured targets and weapon emplacement.
It is a fixed type & intended for use against light armored targets, soft skinned targets and against personnel at ranges up to 4000 meters. It is also used against aircraft flying at low altitude up to 2000m Gun 2A42 through which this ammn. is fired is designed for single shot firing as well as automatic firing both at rapid & slow rates. Gun 2A42 has double belt feed system. One belt with an AP/T and the other with both HE/I and HE/T rounds generally in the ratio 4:1. 30 MM Ammunition is fired from 30 mm automatic Gun 2A42 mounted on infantry combat vehicle BMP II as the main armament. The gun has double belt feed system, one belt with armour piercing tracer round and the other with both High Explosive Incendiary and HE Tracer rounds generally in ratio of 4:1. The gun is designed for single shot firing as well as automatic firing at slow and rapid rates. 30 MM AP/T ammunition is a fixed type of ammunition and is intended for use against light armoured targets and weapon emplacements.

Material of Empty Shell
Steel 53 (XM10) TY 14-1-2232-77 or JSS 9510-1, SSA-21 with S & P 0.03 max, hardness HRC 53 to 58
Material of Cartridge Case
Cold drawn low carbon Steel 1110A GOST 19032-73 or JSS-1402 with C=0.09 to 0.13 %
Fuze used in Round
No Fuze is used
Primer used in Round
KB-30 (Percussion Type)
Other Main Compts
Shell, Cartridge Case, Propellant, Packing Box H-60
Tracer
Single tracer S243 (5.2g x 1 increment) combine tracer S243 & BT-4 (5 g x 1 increment)
Mass of Projectile
0.400 ± 0.006 Kg
Mass of Round
0.853 Kg
Length of Round
H = 292.84, L = 289.39
Mean pressure of Propellant (Kgf / cm2)
< 3600 (individual max = 3800)
Muzzle Velocity
970 ±10 m/s
Tracer Burning Timing
> 3.5 Sec
Ballistic Time
0.007 Sec
Shelf Life
07 Years
Range
04 Km (Ground Target), 02 Km (Ariel Target/Altitude)