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| Friday, March
30, 2012, 07:00 PM |
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of Ukraine gets new automatic 30mm cannon on ZTM-1 turret for armoured vehicle.
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The Ukrainian army is taking
delivery of a new automatic 30-mm cannon ZTM-1 developed by Ukrainian
experts, the Defense Ministry said quoting a minister's order on Thursday,
March 29, 2012. The ZTM-1 automatic cannons are designed to engage light
armored infantry fighting vehicles, dismounted infantry and low-flying
aircraft.
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The Ukrainian 30mm ZTM-1 automatic cannon/turret
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“Once the document is implemented, the Ukrainian armed forces
with be supplied with automatic 30 mm cannons made locally,” the
ministry said.
In February, President Viktor Yanukovych said that the Ukrainian army
would need to overhaul its major weapons supplies in the next three
years.
The cannons are suitable for the installation on light AIFV platforms
of various types, such as the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle , the
BMD-2/3 airborne combat vehicles and the BTR80/90 armored personnel
carriers.
The weapons of ZTM-1 are controlled mechanically or remotely (in the
latter case, using, again, an electric trigger. The cannons deliver
high-explosive or armor piercing rounds loaded from belt magazines stored
in two ammunition boxes. Each of the automatic cannons is provided with
up to 500 rounds of ready use ammunition.
The ZTM-1 cannons can operate independently or as part of the general-purpose
SHKVAL remote weapons station mounted on AIFV platforms, in particular,
the BMP-1U IFV and the BTR-3U APC. The guns are also suitable for installation
on the BMD-1/2 ACV upgrades and other AIFV platforms designed by the
Morozov Machine Design Bureau of Kharkiv.
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