It is designed for firing with fragmentation-mine, armour-piercing-explosive and armour-piercing-tracer shells from different types of aircrafts and helicopters at air and ground targets. Operation of automated mechanism is based on use of powder gases energy.
The gun can be used on right or left feed.
The gun is produced in two modifications: GSH-30 — with length of barrels
of 1500 mm installed on aircrafts "Su-25" type;
GSH-30K — with length of barrels of 2400 mm, evaporative cooling system
of barrels and variable rate of fire. The gun is installed on helicopters of
"Mi-24P" type.
Technical Characteristics
Calibre, mm
30
Fixed resource, shot
4000
Fire control
electric 27V
Mass, kg
105 (126)
Overall dimensions, mm, not more than
length
width
height
