GIAT 30
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The GIAT 30 is a series of 30 mm cannon developed to replace the DEFA 550 series weapons on French military aircraft.
Introduced in the late 1980s, the GIAT 30 is a revolver cannon with electric ignition and automatic recocking. Unlike the DEFA cannon, the revolver chamber is electrically operated, rather than gas operated, improving both reliability and rate of fire.
Two versions of the GIAT 30 are offered.
GIAT 30M 781
Primarily intended for helicopter use and offered in several fixed, podded, and turreted installations. It is Template:Convert long with a total system weight of Template:Convert. It is designed to fire the ADEN/DEFA 30×113mm B rounds. The weight of the projectile varies from Template:Convert for HEI to Template:Convert for APHEI-SD. Typical muzzle velocity is Template:Convert with a rate of fire of 750 rounds per minute.
Given its considerable recoil, it is typically used for single shots or controlled bursts rather than continuous fire. The 30 M781 is used on the Eurocopter Tiger and is also offered for naval use as part of the NARWHAL (NAval Remote Weapon High Accuracy and Light) system.
Ammunition: HEI; SAPHEI; APHEI-SD; API-T; TP.
GIAT 30M 791
Intended for fighter aircraft such as the Dassault Rafale. It uses a new range of 30×150mm B ammunition in a variety of types. It has a muzzle velocity of Template:Convert, which amounts to a muzzle energy of more than Template:Convert from the mass of the projectile alone (not taking into account explosive chemical energy).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A variable rate of fire allows cyclic rates of 300, 600, 1500, or 2500 rounds per minute. It can fire continuous bursts or controlled 0.5 or 1 second bursts.
Military operators
Current operators
Eurocopter Tiger
Operators of the Tiger equipped with the GIAT 30M781:
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Rafale
Operators of the Rafale equipped with the GIAT 30M791:
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Future operators
Rafale
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See also
- VENOM LR 30 mm – British 21st century derivative of ADEN, 113mm long variant
- Oerlikon KCA - comparable Swiss design, 173mm long
- VENOM 30 mm – British 173mm long variant
- DEFA cannon – comparable older French design, 113mm long
- ADEN cannon – comparable older British design, 111mm
- Mauser BK-27 – comparable German design, 27×145mm
- R-23 cannon – comparable Russian design, 23×260mm (telescoped)
- M39 cannon – comparable older US design, 20×102mm
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