The Artemis 30 is an
anti-aircraft gun
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system originally developed in 1982 and produced by the Hellenic Arms designed by Anastasios Georgiou (
EBO) and Athanassios Calligeris, Ph.D. Designer lots parts of twin barrels for use by the Greek armed forces (
Hellenic Army
The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is the ...
) in the
Aegean sea
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. The system is named after the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt,
Artemis
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.
The Artemis 30 consists of twin 30 mm Mauser MK30 Model F
autocannon
An autocannon, automatic cannon or machine cannon is a fully automatic gun that is capable of rapid-firing large-caliber ( or more) armour-piercing, explosive or incendiary shells, as opposed to the smaller-caliber kinetic projectiles (bull ...
s connected to a large central drum mounted on a four-wheeled towed carriage. A total of 500 rounds are carried ready to use in the mount. normally deployed in 6 twin mounts per battery, and has a maximum range of 8,400 metres and a firing rate of 800 rounds per minute per barrel.
The Mauser Model F gun was manufactured by EKO, has a 30 mm caliber and a torque of 800 to 920 watts. with 0.5 mRad dispersion.
The gun consists of about 72 parts, of which 12 are moving.
The ammunition was manufactured by EBO. The system has the ability to target targets with ammunition such as 30 mm GAU-8 / A (HEI, APHEI, ARDS TP with or without tracers).
The fire control system comes from Philips and consists of a sensor assembly in a separate trailer (trailer wheeled vehicle) featuring:
a video camera for automatic target tracking / tracking and a laser distance meter or TV camera equipped with infrared imaging to set target day and night in good weather conditions. Additionally, it is possible to add target tracking capture radar by giving the station worthy title of all weather.
ARTEMIS-30 can be easily operated from a distance, from a special cage, e.g. a wheeled vehicle capable of being remote controlled, and the system also has a seat on the system with the necessary controls.
The system is intended to be equipped with additional search radar (rotatable), capable of simultaneously providing target information to multiple ARTEMIS-30 A / A arrays at a distance of 40 km.
Users
* : In limited service.
Possible future operators
* : The Artemis 30 is one of the candidates for replacing India's 800
ZU-23-2 23mm anti-aircraft guns.
References
Bibliography
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External links
haf.gr Hellenic Air Force page about Artemis 30
30 mm artillery
Military equipment introduced in the 1980s
Anti-aircraft guns of Greece
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