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Medium Caliber Ammunition

ROUND 30mm BMP-II HE/I

Weapon : 30mm Automatic Gun 2A42 usually mounted on Infantry Combat Vehicle Bmp-II
End Use : High Explosive Incendiary Shell (HE/I) is used against man power and non-armoured ground and Ariel targets.
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 2000 meters.  Gun 2A42 through which this ammunition is fired is designed for single shot firing as well as automatic firing both at rapid and 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.

Material of Empty Shell
Hot rolled cold drawn Steel 50-TY 14-1-2884-80 or JSS 9510-1, SSA-21 with S & P 0.03 max, hardness 229 NLT.
Material of Cartridge Case
Cold drawn low carbon Steel 1110A TY 14-1-3455-82 or Steel 11YUA / GOST 19032-73 or JSS-1402 with C=0.09 to 0.13 %
Fuze used in Round
A670M (DASD Type)
Primer used in Round
KB-30 (Percussion Type)
Other Main Compts
Shell , Cartridge Case, Propellant, Packing Box H-60 (Steel)
Nature of HE Filling
(ME 305) (RDX : Al : Wax = 74 : 20 : 6 )
Mass of Burst. charge
0.0485 ± 0.001 Kg
Mass of Projectile
Mass of Projectile 0.389 ± 0.006 Kg
Mass of Round
0.837 Kg
Length of Round
H = 292.84, L = 289.45
Max. Chamber Pressure
3600 kg/cm2 (Propellant), 3800 kg/cm2 (Separate Round)
Muzzle Velocity
960 ± 10 m/s
SD Timing
09 to 14 sec
Ballistic Time
0.007 Sec
Shelf Life
07 Years
Range
04 Km (Ground Target), 02 Km (Ariel Target/Altitude)