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Medium Caliber Ammunition

30MM BMP-II HET

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 HE/T ammunition is a fixed type of ammunition and is intended for use against man power and non armoured ground and aerial targets. HE/T projectiles are equipped with fuze A670M designed to explode on impact with the target and it can cause self destruction of the shell if it misses the target.

Nature of Filling
High Explosive
Mass of Complete Round
0.826 kg (Approx)
Mass of projectile
0.385 kg +- 0.006 Kg
Muzzle Velocity
960 m/s +- 10 m/s
Mean pressure of propellant
3600 Kg/cm 2
Self destruction time of fuze
9.0 to 14.0 sec
Maximum Range (At ground target)
4000 m
Maximum Range (At aerial target/altitude)
2000 m
Maximum Range (Slant range)
2500 m
Tracer burning time
9.0 sec

30 rounds are packed in one steel box H-60, a hermetically sealed metallic container.