Calibre
Line items supplied in 30x173 mm, each with a dedicated page carrying the technical data available for that item so a tender line can be matched by designation before any correspondence begins. The same calibre appears under several names depending on the army and the standard; all of them are listed below and all reach these items. Quotations are issued to government end-users and licensed entities against a government-issued export licence and a verified End-User Certificate.
Also written: 30x173mm
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A 30 mm x 173 armour-piercing round for the MK30-2 gun and the domestic 30 mm TA M12 gun, consisting of a steel cartridge case with percussion gun primer and booster, propellant charge and an armour-piercing projectile.
A 30 mm x 173 armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot tracer round, still in the development phase, whose sub-calibre tungsten alloy penetrator is launched by a lightweight discarding sabot, for the MK30-2 gun and the domestic 30 mm TA M12 gun.
A 30 mm x 173 armour-piercing high-explosive incendiary round with a hard-core penetrator and an impact base fuze with delay action, for the MK30-2 gun and the domestic 30 mm TA M12 gun.
30x173 mm high-explosive round, 357 g projectile with approx. 36.9 g explosive at 1100 m/s, self-destructing fuze, for the MK30-2 and 30 mm TA M12 guns.
A 30 mm x 173 high-explosive tracer round for the MK30-2 gun and the domestic 30 mm TA M12 gun, fitted with a point-detonating fuze with delayed action and pyrotechnical self-destruction; the HEI-T version is loaded with explosive-incendiary and tracer compositions.
30x173 mm high-explosive incendiary round, 357 g projectile with approx. 36.9 g filling at 1100 m/s, for the MK30-2 and 30 mm TA M12 guns.
A 30 mm x 173 target practice round for the MK30-2 gun and the domestic 30 mm TA M12 gun, consisting of a steel cartridge case with percussion gun primer and booster, propellant charge and a target practice projectile.
A 30 mm x 173 target practice tracer round for the MK30-2 gun and the domestic 30 mm TA M12 gun, whose low-cost training projectile is a steel shell body with tracer composition and a dummy fuze.
All data provided for information purposes; final specification is defined per contract. Full technical data sheets are issued on request against a stated end-user.
