GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon

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The GSh-30-2 is a Soviet/Russian twin-barrel 30 mm autocannon widely used on ground-attack aircraft for high-rate, close air support firepower.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft cannon
autocannon
ammunition 30×165 mm
barrelConfiguration twin-barrel
caliber 30 mm
countryOfOrigin Russia
Soviet Union
designedFor close-range firepower
high rate of fire
designer Arkady Shipunov NERFINISHED
Vasily Gryazev
era Cold War
manufacturer KBP Instrument Design Bureau
mounting gun pod
internal fixed gun
namingConvention GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gryazev-Shipunov 30 mm twin-barrel cannon
natoReportingName GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2
numberOfBarrels 2
operation gas-operated
primaryUse close air support
ground attack
rateOfFire 3000 rounds per minute
role air-to-ground weapon
serviceEntry 1970s
typicalInstallation fuselage side-mounted gun pack
under-fuselage gun pack
usedBy Russian Aerospace Forces
Soviet Air Forces
Warsaw Pact air defense system
surface form: Warsaw Pact air forces

various export customers
usedInConflict First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
Soviet–Afghan War
usedOnAircraft MiG-27
MiG-27
surface form: MiG-27D

MiG-27K
MiG-27
surface form: MiG-27M

Su-17
surface form: Su-17M4

Su-17
surface form: Su-20

Su-22
Su-22
surface form: Su-22M4

Sukhoi Su-24
surface form: Su-24

Sukhoi Su-24
surface form: Su-24M

Sukhoi Su-25
surface form: Su-25

Sukhoi Su-25
surface form: Su-25K

Sukhoi Su-25
surface form: Su-25T

Su-39
surface form: Su-25TM

Sukhoi Su-25
surface form: Su-25UB

Sukhoi Su-25
surface form: Su-25UBK

Sukhoi Su‑34
surface form: Su-34

Su-39

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Sukhoi Su-25 armament GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon
Sukhoi Su-27 armament GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon
this entity surface form: Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 30 mm cannon
GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon natoReportingName GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: GSh-30-2
this entity surface form: Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2
GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon namingConvention GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: GSh-30-2
this entity surface form: Gryazev-Shipunov 30 mm twin-barrel cannon