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== Description == | == Description == | ||
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| + | The '''30 mm M230E-1''' is a 30 mm American autocannon armament. The weapon was developed for use on the Apache attack helicopters and its variants. | ||
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon === | === Vehicles equipped with this weapon === | ||
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| − | * ''other literature.'' | + | * ''other literature.''--> |
| + | * [https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/m230.htm [Federation of American Scientists<nowiki>]</nowiki> M230 Automatic Gun] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210526124517/https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/m230.htm Web Archive]) | ||
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Revision as of 12:50, 26 May 2021
Contents
[hide]Description
The 30 mm M230E-1 is a 30 mm American autocannon armament. The weapon was developed for use on the Apache attack helicopters and its variants.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.
Available ammunition
- Default: HEDP
| Penetration statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belt | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | |
| Default | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 |
| Shell details | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile Mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | |||||||
| Default | HEDP | 805 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 26.88 | 62° | 69° | 73° |
Comparison with analogues
Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.
Usage in battles
Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.
Pros and cons
Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.
Pros:
Cons:
History
Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />.
Media
- Images
- File:HEDP - High explosive Dual Purpose.pngStatcard for 30mm HEDP round.
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
| [Expand]USA aircraft cannons |
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| [Expand]Britain aircraft cannons |
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| [Expand]Japan aircraft cannons |
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