Difference between revisions of "2A72 Russian 30mm Autocannon"

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"PRO_Cyprus"

"PRO_Indonesia"

"PRO_Iraq"

"PRO_Kuwait"

"PRO_Libya"

"PRO_Morocco"

"PRO_Nicaragua"

"PRO_Russian Federation"

"PRO_South Korea (Republic of Korea)"

"PRO_Sri Lanka"

"PRO_Turkmenistan"

"PRO_Ukraine"

"PRO_United Arab Emirates"

"PRO_Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)"

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notes

"The 2A72 is a late Cold War-era 30mm autocannon of Soviet origin. It was developed as a less complex and lighter alternative to the widely used 2A42. Studies revealed that the 2A42 was virtually always used at the low rate of fire setting. By modifying and simplifying the 2A42 design it could be produced at a lower cost and be used for a wider range of applications. The 2A72 is used both as the main armament and as a coaxial weapon for the 100mm 2A70 low-pressure cannon. The 2A72 is a much-simplified design based on the 2A42 consisting of only 349 parts instead of 578. Unlike the 2A42 it is not gas operated but recoil-operated. Unlike the fixed barrel on the 2A42, the barrel moves rearward upon firing. A new design muzzle brake is used in order to retain enough recoil to cycle the weapon. Since the initial recoil impulse is lower the 2A72 can be fitted to lighter vehicles, such as the BTR-80A."

dateOfIntroduction

1987

countryOfOrigin

"Russia (RUS)"

proliferation

"Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, South Korea (Republic of Korea), Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)"

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"2A72_(ZPT99)_(CC).png"

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"System"

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"System"

properties

name	"Alternate Designations"
value	"2A72; ZPT99 (Chinese production); ZTM-1 (Ukrainian production); KBA-2 (Ukrainian production)"

name	"Type"
value	"Autocannon"

name	"Caliber"
value	"30 mm"

name	"Manufacturer"
value	"KBP Instrument Design Bureau"

name

"Design"

value

"The 2A72 is a much-simplified design based on the 2A42 consisting of only 349 parts instead of 578. Unlike the 2A42 it is not gas operated but recoil-operated. Unlike the fixed barrel on the 2A42, the barrel moves rearward upon firing. A new design muzzle brake is used in order to retain enough recoil to cycle the weapon. Since the initial recoil impulse is lower the 2A72 can be fitted to lighter vehicles, such as the BTR-80A."

name	"Length Overall"
value	"3.006 m"

name	"Barrel Length"
value	"2.416 mm"

name	"Weight"
value	"84 kg"

name	"Action"
value	"Recoil operated, electrically powered"

name	"Max Rate of Fire"
value	"330"
units	"rds/min"

name	"Firing Modes"
value	"Single shot, 10-round burst, or automatic mode."

name	"Loader Type"
value	"Dual-belt feed"

name	"Fire on the Move"
value	"Yes"

name	"Muzzle Velocity"
value	"960 - 970 m/s; 1.120 m/s with APDS"

name	"Maximum Elevation"
value	"-5"
units	"deg"

name	"Minimum Elevation"
value	"+60"
units	"deg"

name	"Traverse Range"
value	"360"
units	"deg"

name	"Traverse Right"
value	"180"
units	"deg"

name	"Traverse Left"
value	"180"
units	"deg"

name	"Maximum Effective Firing Range (Air Targets)"
value	"4"
units	"km"

name	"Maximum Effective Firing Range (Ground Targets)"
value	"2"
units	"km"

name	"Maximum Effective Firing Range (Light Armor Vehicles)"
value	"1.5"
units	"km"

name	"Feed System"
value	"Belt fed, twin feed system, selectable feed"

name	"Platforms"
value	"The 2A72 is mainly used as a coaxial weapon on the BMP-3 and as main armament for the BTR-80A. Other applications include the BMD-4 and various Chinese combat vehicles."

name

"Ammunition (Option 1)"

properties

name	"Name"
value	"3UBR8"

name	"Type"
value	"195 AP rounds"

name	"Caliber"
value	"30 mm"

name	"Cartridge"
value	"30 × 165"

name	"Muzzle Velocity"
value	"1,120"
units	"m/s"

name	"Basic Load"
value	"INA"

name	"Penetrator Type"
value	"tungsten alloy sub-calibre penetrator"

name	"Penetration"
value	"can defeat 28 mm of RHA set at a 60° angle from a range of 1,000 m"

name

"Note"

value

"The 2A42 fires 30x165 ammunition, a cartridge introduced in the 1970s in the Soviet Union to replace previous 30 mm autocannon cartridges. Other weapons using this size of cartridge case include the 2A38, 2A38M, and 2A72 autocannons for various vehicle, helicopter and air defence applications, as well as numerous single-, dual- and six-barrel naval and air force cannons. The 2A42, 2A38, 2A38M, and 2A72 fire percussion-primed ammunition; the naval and aerial cannons use electrical priming, and therefore their ammunition is not interchangeable with the land-based ammunition types, despite the same cartridge case size. Originally three basic types of ammunition were developed in the Soviet Union for the land-based weapons: high-explosive incendiary, high-explosive fragmentation with tracer, and an armour-piercing ballistic capped with tracer. Later a sub-caliber armour-piercing round was introduced, and today also countries other than Soviet Union/Russia manufacture 30 x 165 percussion-primed ammunition."

name

"Ammunition (Option 2)"

properties

name	"Name"
value	"3UOF8"

name	"Type"
value	"305 HE-type rounds"

name	"Caliber"
value	"30 mm"

name	"Cartridge"
value	"30 × 165"

name	"Muzzle Velocity"
value	"960"
units	"m/s"

name	"Basic Load"
value	"INA"
units	"ea"

name	"Lethal Radius"
value	"5.95"
units	"m2"

name	"Charge Type"
value	"A-IX-2"

name	"Note"
value	"A high-explosive incendiary round with A-670M nose fuze.The fuze produces a 0.15 millisecond delay on impact, and a self-destruct mechanism detonating the projectile after 7.5 to 14.5 seconds of flight (3900–5300 m distance from muzzle)."

properties

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variants

name	"2A42"
notes	"standard version."

name	"2A72"
notes	"lighter simplified variant with a lower number of parts, a longer barrel, and higher muzzle velocity, but also a lower rate of fire."

name	"ABM-M30M3"
notes	"remote Weapon Station made by Impulse-2, for Uran-9 or different armored vehicles."

name	"ABM-M30M3 Vikhr"
notes	"another remote weapon station made by Impulse-2."

name	"TRT-30"
notes	"remote weapon station."

type

"WEG"

version

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      "categories": [
          "WEG",
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+         "Aircraft Armament",
-         "Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs)",
+         "Guns",
-         "Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV)",
+        "Russia (RUS)",
+        "PRO_Azerbaijan",
+        "PRO_Cyprus",
+        "PRO_Indonesia",
+        "PRO_Iraq",
+        "PRO_Kuwait",
+        "PRO_Libya",
+        "PRO_Morocco",
+        "PRO_Nicaragua",
+        "PRO_Russian Federation",
+        "PRO_South Korea (Republic of Korea)",
+         "PRO_Sri Lanka",
+        "PRO_Turkmenistan",
+        "PRO_Ukraine",
+        "PRO_United Arab Emirates",
+        "PRO_Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)",
+        "Air",
          "Tier3"
      ],
-     "notes": "The BMP-3s deployed by the UAE are fitted with improved cooling systems that allow the vehicles to operate in the country's harsh climate. The standard BMP-3 is incapable of operating in any weather that is warmer than the average European heat wave (35-40°C). Despite this, the vehicle competed against the M2 Bradley and Warrior IFV during the UAE tender, and was successful nonetheless.\n\nThe BMP-3 is a Soviet and Russian infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2. The abbreviation BMP stands for boevaya mashina pehoty (боевая машина пехоты, literally \"infantry combat vehicle\").\n\nThe BMP-3 is one of the most heavily armed infantry combat vehicles in service, original version of BMP-3 has a turret fitted with a low-velocity 2A70 100 mm rifled gun, which can fire conventional shells or 9M117 Bastion ATGMs (AT-10 Stabber). 40 100mm-rounds and 8 ATGMs are carried. A 2A72 30 mm dual feed autocannon with 500 (300 HEI and 200 APT) rounds and a rate of fire of 350 to 400 RPM, and a 7.62mm PKT machine gun with 2,000 rounds, all mounted coaxially in the turret. The main gun elevates from −5° to +60°. There are also two 7.62mm PKT bow machine guns, again with 2,000 rounds each. The BMP-3 is capable of engaging targets out to 5,000–6,000 meters with its ATGM weapon system 9K116-3 \"Basnya\". With conventional ammunition, such as the HE-Frag shell 3OF32, the 2A70 gun has a range of 4,000 meters.\n\nAccording to the manufacturer's web-site, all weapons can be fired from the halt, on the move, and afloat with the same effectiveness. The ability to hit targets on the move with missiles was successfully demonstrated during competitive evaluations in the UAE in 1991. The turret is fitted with the 2K23 system, which consists of an autoloader with 22 rounds (the remaining 18 rounds are stored in the hull), a 1V539 ballistic computer, a cross-wind sensor, a 2E52-2 stabilising system, a 1D16-3 laser range finder, a 1K13-2 gunner's sight/guidance device, a PPB-1 gunner's sight and an OU-5-1 IR searchlight. Optional autoloader for ATGM missiles is also available. The commander has a combined optical sight 1PZ-10, a day/night vision device TKN-3MB and an IR searchlight OU-3GA2.[6] Since 2005, the BMP-3 can be fitted with a new fire control system from the \"Peleng\" Joint Stock Company from Belarus. This consists of a SOZH-M gunner's main sight with an integrated laser range-finder and missile-guidance channel, a Vesna-K targeting system with thermal imaging camera and automatic target tracker AST-B, an armament stabilisation system, a ballistic computer with data input sensors and a PL-1 IR laser projector.Since 2017, the BMP-3 is fitted with a new fire control system from the \"Vologda Optical-Mechanical Plant\" from Russia. This consists of a Sodema two-plane stabilized gunner's main sight with an integrated laser range-finder and missile-guidance channel plus a SOZH-M thermal imaging camera.\n\nStandard equipment includes five firing ports with associated vision blocks, an R-173 transceiver, an R-173P receiver, a GO-27 radiation and chemical agent detector, an FVU filtration system, an automatic fire extinguisher and six 902V \"Tucha-2\" 81 mm smoke grenade launchers.\n\nBMP-3M is equipped with Bakhcha-U turret, which has similar weapons to the original BMP-3 turret but with a new dual-channel FLIR gunner's sight, commander's panoramic thermal imaging device, vertical-storage conveyor, new autoloader, and a new sighting system. It also has a stronger armor on the turret, and two-axis stabilisation.\n\nThe turret of the BMP-3 has been fitted to the Patria Armoured Modular Vehicle and on the Turkish-UAE RABDAN 8x8 IFV.\n\nIn August 2017, a BMP-3M was presented with a new ATGM remote weapon station fitted on the standard turret carrying two 9M120 Ataka (AT-9 Spiral-2) missiles.\n\nIn June 2018, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that BMP-3s would be fitted with the AU-220M combat module equipped with a 57 mm cannon. The module can carry 80 rounds and fire 80 rounds per minute including air burst, high-explosive, fragmentation, armor-piercing and guided munitions with a maximum range of 14.5 km (9.0 mi), and can even punch through side armor of main battle tanks.",
+     "notes": "The 2A72 is a late Cold War-era 30mm autocannon of Soviet origin. It was developed as a less complex and lighter alternative to the widely used 2A42. Studies revealed that the 2A42 was virtually always used at the low rate of fire setting. By modifying and simplifying the 2A42 design it could be produced at a lower cost and be used for a wider range of applications. The 2A72 is used both as the main armament and as a coaxial weapon for the 100mm 2A70 low-pressure cannon. The 2A72 is a much-simplified design based on the 2A42 consisting of only 349 parts instead of 578. Unlike the 2A42 it is not gas operated but recoil-operated. Unlike the fixed barrel on the 2A42, the barrel moves rearward upon firing. A new design muzzle brake is used in order to retain enough recoil to cycle the weapon. Since the initial recoil impulse is lower the 2A72 can be fitted to lighter vehicles, such as the BTR-80A.",
+    "dateOfIntroduction": 1987,
+    "countryOfOrigin": "Russia (RUS)",
+    "proliferation": "Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, South Korea (Republic of Korea), Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)",
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+        "Libya",
+        "Morocco",
+        "Nicaragua",
+        "Russian Federation",
+        "South Korea (Republic of Korea)",
+        "Sri Lanka",
+        "Turkmenistan",
+        "Ukraine",
+        "United Arab Emirates",
+        "Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)"
+    ],
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+         "name": "Unknown",
-         "string": "01.01.222.002.003.001.000"
+         "string": "00.00.000.000.000.000.000"
      },
      "images": [
-         "BMP-3_UAE.jpg",
+         "Otr_gun_2a72_p01.jpg",
-         "3(B).jpg",
+         "Otr_gun_2a72_v1.jpg",
-         "3(C).jpg"
+         "2A72_(ZPT99)_(CC).png"
      ],
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              "name": "System",
-            "properties": [
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-                    "name": "Alternative Designation",
-                    "value": "BMP-3 UAE Version"
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-                },
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-                },
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-                    "units": "ea"
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-                    "units": "deg"
-                },
-                {
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-                    "units": "m"
-                },
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-                    "value": "2.5",
-                    "units": "m"
-                },
-                {
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-                    "units": "m"
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                      "properties": [
                          {
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+                             "name": "Alternate Designations",
-                             "value": "2A70 (100mm) Rifle Gun"
+                             "value": "2A72; ZPT99 (Chinese production);\nZTM-1 (Ukrainian production); \nKBA-2 (Ukrainian production)"
                          },
                          {
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-                             "value": "100",
+                             "value": "Autocannon"
-                            "units": "mm"
                          },
                          {
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-                             "value": "8-10",
+                             "value": "30 mm"
-                            "units": "rds/min"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Loader Type",
+                             "name": "Manufacturer",
-                             "value": "Automatic loader, manual for gun and ATGMs"
+                             "value": "KBP Instrument Design Bureau"
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-                            "units": "deg"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Minimum Elevation",
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+                             "value": "The 2A72 is a much-simplified design based on the 2A42 consisting of only 349 parts instead of 578. Unlike the 2A42 it is not gas operated but recoil-operated. Unlike the fixed barrel on the 2A42, the barrel moves rearward upon firing. A new design muzzle brake is used in order to retain enough recoil to cycle the weapon. Since the initial recoil impulse is lower the 2A72 can be fitted to lighter vehicles, such as the BTR-80A."
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                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Traverse Range",
+                             "name": "Length Overall",
-                             "value": "360",
+                             "value": "3.006 m"
-                            "units": "deg"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Traverse Left",
+                             "name": "Barrel Length",
-                             "value": "180",
+                             "value": "2.416 mm"
-                            "units": "deg"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Traverse Right",
+                             "name": "Weight",
-                             "value": "180",
+                             "value": "84 kg"
-                            "units": "deg"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Fire on the Move",
+                             "name": "Action",
-                             "value": "Yes"
+                             "value": "Recoil operated, electrically powered"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Maximum Aimed Range",
+                             "name": "Max Rate of Fire",
-                            "value": "5,000",
-                            "units": "m"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Maximum Effective Range (Day)",
-                            "value": "4,000",
-                            "units": "m"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Maximum Effective Range (Night)",
-                            "value": "INA",
-                            "units": "m"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Tactical AA Range",
-                            "value": "4,000",
-                            "units": "m"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Armor Penetration",
-                            "value": "25mm of RHA"
-                        }
-                    ]
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Ammunition",
-                    "properties": [
-                        {
-                            "name": "Name",
-                            "value": "9M117M1 Arkan"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Type",
-                            "value": "Laser beam riding missile"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Caliber",
-                            "value": "100",
-                            "units": "mm"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Muzzle Velocity",
                              "value": "330",
-                             "units": "m/s"
+                             "units": "rds/min"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Basic Load",
+                             "name": "Firing Modes",
-                             "value": "40 Total Rounds of any 100mm Russian Projectile",
+                             "value": "Single shot, 10-round burst, or automatic mode."
-                            "units": "ea"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Warhead Type",
+                             "name": "Loader Type",
-                             "value": "HEAT"
+                             "value": "Dual-belt feed"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Cartridge",
+                             "name": "Fire on the Move",
-                            "value": "3UBK23-3 cartridge"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Soft Launch",
                              "value": "Yes"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Motor Type",
-                            "value": "Rocket"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Penetration",
-                            "value": "650 mm of rolled homogenous armour (RHA) behind ERA or 750 mm of RHA without ERA and it has a maximum range of 4,000 m"
-                        }
-                    ]
-                }
-            ],
-            "properties": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Note",
-                    "value": "The complete weapon system of the BMP-3 infantry combat vehicle is known as the 2K23 and consists of the 100 mm gun 2A70 with a 30 mm 2A72 automatic cannon (see later in this section) mounted coaxially to the right and a 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun."
-                }
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)",
-            "sections": [
-                {
-                    "name": "System",
-                    "properties": [
-                        {
-                            "name": "Name",
-                            "value": "9M117 Bastion (AT-10)"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Type",
-                            "value": "Anti-Tank Guided Missile"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Caliber",
-                            "value": "100",
-                            "units": "mm"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "In Service",
-                            "value": "1983-present"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Charge Type",
-                            "value": "Reduced Explosive Charge"
                          },
                          {
                              "name": "Muzzle Velocity",
-                             "value": "400-500",
+                             "value": "960 - 970 m/s;\n1.120 m/s with APDS"
-                            "units": "m/s"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Length",
+                             "name": "Maximum Elevation",
-                             "value": "1,048",
+                             "value": "-5",
-                             "units": "mm"
+                             "units": "deg"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Weight",
+                             "name": "Minimum Elevation",
-                             "value": "27",
+                             "value": "+60",
-                             "units": "kg"
+                             "units": "deg"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Basic Load",
+                             "name": "Traverse Range",
-                             "value": "8",
+                             "value": "360",
-                             "units": "ea"
+                             "units": "deg"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Rocket Motor",
+                             "name": "Traverse Right",
-                             "value": "Ignites 1.6 seconds after firing the missile and it burns for 6 seconds"
+                             "value": "180",
+                            "units": "deg"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Guidance System",
+                             "name": "Traverse Left",
-                             "value": "beam-riding laser guidance."
+                             "value": "180",
-                        },
+                             "units": "deg"
-                        {
-                            "name": "Steering System",
-                            "value": "laser sensor to detect the modulation of the light."
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Flight Time (4,000 meters)",
-                            "value": "12",
-                            "units": "seconds"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Self Destruct Time",
-                            "value": "26-41",
-                            "units": "seconds"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Telescopic Sight",
-                            "value": "1K13 day/night telescopic sight (with integral 1K13BZ laser emitter)"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Stabilising Fins",
-                            "value": "4",
-                            "units": "ea"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Searchlight",
-                            "value": "L4 IR searchlight"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Effective Firing Range",
-                            "value": "100-4,000",
-                            "units": "m"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Warhead Type",
-                            "value": "HEAT"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Penetration",
-                            "value": "650-750",
-                            "units": "mm"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Note",
-                            "value": "The 9M117 Bastion (AT-10) is prone to radio or optical jamming"
-                        }
-                    ]
-                }
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Coaxial Weapon System",
-            "sections": [
-                {
-                    "name": "System",
-                    "properties": [
-                        {
-                            "name": "Name",
-                            "value": "2A72 (ZPT99)"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Type",
-                            "value": "30mm Automatic Cannon"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Caliber",
-                            "value": "30mm"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Proliferation",
-                            "value": "Widely Proliferated"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "In Service",
-                            "value": "1980s-Present"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Max Rate of Fire",
-                            "value": "330",
-                             "units": "rds/min"
                          },
                          {
@@ Line 465: / Line 166: @@
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Loader Type",
+                             "name": "Feed System",
-                             "value": "Dual-belt feed"
+                             "value": "Belt fed, twin feed system, selectable feed"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Maximum Elevation",
-                            "value": "-5",
-                            "units": "deg"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Minimum Elevation",
-                            "value": "+60",
-                            "units": "deg"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Fire on the Move",
-                            "value": "Yes"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Traverse Range",
-                            "value": "360",
-                            "units": "deg"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Traverse Right",
-                            "value": "180",
-                            "units": "deg"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Traverse Left",
-                            "value": "180",
-                            "units": "deg"
                          },
                          {
-                             "name": "Firing Modes",
+                             "name": "Platforms",
-                             "value": "single shot, 10-round burst, or automatic mode."
+                             "value": "The 2A72 is mainly used as a coaxial weapon on the BMP-3 and as main armament for the BTR-80A. Other applications include the BMD-4 and various Chinese combat vehicles."
                          }
                      ]
@@ Line 516: / Line 188: @@
                          {
                              "name": "Caliber",
-                             "value": "30",
+                             "value": "30 mm"
-                            "units": "mm"
                          },
                          {
@@ Line 542: / Line 213: @@
                          {
                              "name": "Note",
-                             "value": "A sub-caliber discarding sabot. No tracer. Penetration: 25mm RHA at flat angle of impact, 1500 m range 25mm thick plate at 60 degree impact, 1500 m"
+                             "value": "The 2A42 fires 30x165 ammunition, a cartridge introduced in the 1970s in the Soviet Union to replace previous 30 mm autocannon cartridges. Other weapons using this size of cartridge case include the 2A38, 2A38M, and 2A72 autocannons for various vehicle, helicopter and air defence applications, as well as numerous single-, dual- and six-barrel naval and air force cannons. The 2A42, 2A38, 2A38M, and 2A72 fire percussion-primed ammunition; the naval and aerial cannons use electrical priming, and therefore their ammunition is not interchangeable with the land-based ammunition types, despite the same cartridge case size. Originally three basic types of ammunition were developed in the Soviet Union for the land-based weapons: high-explosive incendiary, high-explosive fragmentation with tracer, and an armour-piercing ballistic capped with tracer. Later a sub-caliber armour-piercing round was introduced, and today also countries other than Soviet Union/Russia manufacture 30 x 165 percussion-primed ammunition."
                          }
                      ]
@@ Line 559: / Line 230: @@
                          {
                              "name": "Caliber",
-                             "value": "30",
+                             "value": "30 mm"
-                            "units": "mm"
                          },
                          {
@@ Line 588: / Line 258: @@
                              "name": "Note",
                              "value": "A high-explosive incendiary round with A-670M nose fuze.The fuze produces a 0.15 millisecond delay on impact, and a self-destruct mechanism detonating the projectile after 7.5 to 14.5 seconds of flight (3900–5300 m distance from muzzle)."
-                        }
-                    ]
-                }
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Commander and Driver's Weapons System",
-            "sections": [
-                {
-                    "name": "System",
-                    "properties": [
-                        {
-                            "name": "Name",
-                            "value": "7.62mm PKT (Kalashnikov's Machine Gun)"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Caliber",
-                            "value": "7.62",
-                            "units": "mm"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Cartridge",
-                            "value": "7.62×54",
-                            "units": "mm"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Function",
-                            "value": "In use as a front-line infantry and vehicle-mounted weapon with Russia's armed forces."
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "In Service",
-                            "value": "1961-present"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Manufacturer",
-                            "value": "Degtyaryov plant"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Proliferation",
-                            "value": "1 Million +"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Rate of Fire",
-                            "value": "650",
-                            "units": "rds/min"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Effective Rate of Fire",
-                            "value": "250-300",
-                            "units": "rds/min"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Weight (Gun Only)",
-                            "value": "9",
-                            "units": "kg"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Weight (Tripod Only)",
-                            "value": "7.7",
-                            "units": "kg"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Action",
-                            "value": "Gas-operated, open bolt"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Length (Overall)",
-                            "value": "1,203",
-                            "units": "mm"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Length (Barrel)",
-                            "value": "605",
-                            "units": "mm"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Feed System",
-                            "value": "Non-disintegrating metal 50 round belts in 100 and 200/250 round ammunition boxes"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Sights",
-                            "value": "Tangent iron sights (default); Optical, Night-vision, Thermal and Radar sights"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Effective Firing Range (With Sight Adjustments)",
-                            "value": "100-1,500",
-                            "units": "m"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Maximum Firing Range",
-                            "value": "4,000",
-                            "units": "m"
-                        }
-                    ]
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Ammunition",
-                    "properties": [
-                        {
-                            "name": "Type",
-                            "value": "Rifle"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Caliber",
-                            "value": "7.62",
-                            "units": "mm"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Cartridge",
-                            "value": "7.62×54mmR km"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Muzzle Velocity",
-                            "value": "855",
-                            "units": "m/s"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Basic Load",
-                            "value": "2,500",
-                            "units": "ea"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "name": "Accuracy of fire at 300 m",
-                            "value": "90",
-                            "units": "mm"
                          }
                      ]
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              "properties": [
                  {
-                     "name": "Note",
+                     "name": "",
-                     "value": "The BMP-3 is equipped with a total of two 7.62mm PKT (Kalashnikov's Machine Gun)"
+                     "value": ""
-                }
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Fire Control",
-            "properties": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Name",
-                    "value": "1K13-2"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Computerized FCS",
-                    "value": "Yes"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Thermal Sight Vehicle Commander",
-                    "value": "Athos thermal optic Sight"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Thermal Sight Gunner",
-                    "value": "Athos thermal optic Sight"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Gunner Day Sights",
-                    "value": "1K13-2, 8x ; 1P3-10 antiaircraft, 2.6x; PPD-1 stand-by"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Main Gun Stabilization",
-                    "value": "Yes, 2E52 electro-mechanical stabiliser"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Stabilizer Modes",
-                    "value": "The stabiliser has three modes: automatic; semi-automatic; and guidance."
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Ballistic Computer",
-                    "value": "Yes, V539 ballistic computer"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Rangfinder",
-                    "value": "Laser"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Infrared Searchlight",
-                    "value": "Yes, IR searchlight OU-3GA2"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Cross-Wind Sensor",
-                    "value": "Yes"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Minutes Of Angle (MOAs)",
-                    "value": "1.69"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Sighting System",
-                    "value": "Namut sighting system"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "CCIR TV",
-                    "value": "standard 625-line CCIR TV output"
-                }
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Protection",
-            "properties": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Armor Type",
-                    "value": "welded of aluminum alloy armor"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Hull Armor (Front)",
-                    "value": "protection against 30 mm armor-piercing rounds."
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Hull Armor (Sides and Back)",
-                    "value": "protection is against 14.5 mm armor-piercing rounds."
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Turret Armor",
-                    "value": "30-35",
-                    "units": "mm"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Applique Armor",
-                    "value": "On Turret"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Explosive Reactive Armor",
-                    "value": "Available"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Active Protection System",
-                    "value": "Yes, Arena active protection system"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Mine Clearing",
-                    "value": "Yes, KMT-8 mine plow available"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Self-Entrenching Blade",
-                    "value": "Yes, a dozer blade"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "NBC Protection",
-                    "value": "Yes, Collective"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Smoke Equipment",
-                    "value": "6 VEESS"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Countermeasures System",
-                    "value": "Shtora countermeasures systems"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Automatic Fire Suppression System",
-                    "value": "Yes"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Air-Conditioning System",
-                    "value": "KBM-3M2 Air-Conditioning System"
                  },
                  {
-                     "name": "Air-Conditioning System operating timeline",
+                     "name": "",
-                     "value": "8",
+                     "value": ""
-                    "units": "hours"
                  },
                  {
-                     "name": "Air-Conditioning System Temperature Sets",
+                     "name": "",
-                     "value": "maintains temperatures inside the vehicle between 25°C and 29°C."
+                     "value": ""
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Unditching Beam",
-                    "value": "Yes"
                  }
              ]
@@ Line 863: / Line 280: @@
      "variants": [
          {
-             "name": "BMP-3M",
+             "name": "2A42",
-             "notes": "KBP and Kurganmashzavod have upgraded the vehicle with a new engines and turret with a new ATGM system 9K116-3 Basnya. The upgraded vehicle is called the BMP-3M and the new Bakhcha-U turret which includes a new automatic fire control system with ballistic computer, new SOZH gunner's sight with laser rangefinder and an ATGM guidance channel, thermal imager, TKN-AI commander's vision device with laser illuminator and new ammunition loading system for ATGM."
+             "notes": "standard version."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "BMP-3M Ataka",
-            "notes": "BMP-3M version with a two men turret armed with 30 mm 2A72 autocannon, and 9M120-1 Ataka ATGM"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "BMMP",
-            "notes": "Version for naval infantry, fitted with the turret of the BMP-2."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "BMP-3K",
-            "notes": "Tactical command variant, includes additional radio R-173, an intercom for seven users, an AB-R28 independent portable power unit, a navigation device TNA-4-6 and the \"Ainet\" air burst round detonation system. The BMP-3K lacks the bow machine guns and has its whip antennas mounted on the rear hull. Crew: 3+3"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "BMP-3F",
-            "notes": "Armed with the standard 2K23 turret. Specially designed for operations at sea, with improved seaworthiness and buoyancy, capability to move afloat at sea state 3 and fire with the required accuracy at sea state 2. Compared to the basic model, the vehicle design features changes increasing floatability and vehicle stability: the self-entrenching equipment is omitted, a lightweight anti-surge vane and an air intake tube are introduced; the BMP-3F turret is also protected by anti-surge vanes. Water jet propellers develop a speed of 10 km/h when afloat. The BMP-3F design allows the vehicle to come ashore under rough sea conditions and to tow the same-type vehicle. A new main sight, the SOZH, which has an integrated laser range finder and an ATGM guidance channel, is installed. This version can endure continuous amphibious operation for seven hours with the running engine"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "BT-3F",
-            "notes": "Amphibious version based on BMP-3F with the original turret replaced by a smaller remote weapon station with either 7.62, 12.7 or 14.5mm machine gun. It can accommodate a crew commander, driver, gunner, and 14 troops, and can use optional ERA armor."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "BRM-3K \"Rys\" (Ob.501)",
-            "notes": "Surveillance and reconnaissance variant with 1PN71 thermal sight (3.7x/11x, 3 km range), 1PN61 active-pulse night vision device ( 3 km range), 1RL-133-1 (\"TALL MIKE\") I-band surveillance radar (3 km man, 12 km vehicle), 1V520 computer and a TNA-4-6 navigation system. The armament consists of the stabilized 30 mm autocannon 2A72 (600 rounds) and a coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun (2,000 rounds) or AU-220M Baikal remote weapon station with 57 mm BM-57 autocannon and 7.62mm PKMT machine gun."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "BMP-3 Dragoon",
-            "notes": "New IFV version with an unmanned turret which can be armed with a variety of combat modules, including standard BMP-3's Bakhcha-U turret with a 2A70 100 mm cannon, a 2A72 30 mm autocannon and a PKTM 7.62 mm machine gun, the AU-220M Baikal remote weapon station module with a 57 mm BM-57 gun and a module with a 125 mm 2A82-1M tank gun, the new 816 h.p."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "BREM-L \"Beglianka\" (Ob.691)",
-            "notes": "Armoured recovery vehicle with five-tonne crane and 20/40 metric tonne capacity winch."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "BMP-3 \"Khrizantema-S\"",
-            "notes": "Self-propelled anti-tank version with 9M123 Khrizantema (AT-15) ATGM system with radar and laser guidance. The 9P157-2 carries two 9M123 missiles on launch rails, which are extended from a stowed position; the radar is also stowed during transit. The missiles are re-loaded automatically from an internal magazine with 15 rounds (missiles are stored and transported in sealed canisters) and can also accept munitions manually loaded from outside the vehicle."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "9P163M-1 \"Kornet-T\"",
-            "notes": "Anti-tank version with Kornet (AT-14) missile system. Some sources call it the 9P162. The Kornet is similar in function to the Khrizantema missile system. The 9P163M-1 carries two 9M133 missiles on launch rails, which are extended from a stowed position during transit. Missiles are re-loaded automatically by the tank destroyer from an internal magazine with 16 rounds (missiles are stored and transported in sealed canisters)."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "2S18 \"Pat-S\" (Ob.697)",
-            "notes": "Self-propelled version of the 152 mm howitzer 2A61 \"Pat-B\". This was only a prototype, further development led to the 2S31 Vena."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "DZM \"Vostorg-2\"",
-            "notes": "Combat engineer vehicle with a dozer blade and excavating bucket. Prototype."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "UR-07",
-            "notes": "Mine clearing system. The UR-07 might replace the UR-77 \"Meteorit\". It has the same chassis as the BMP-3 but a bigger steel hull with two launch ramps in the rear. The ramps are used to fire rockets towing hose-type mine-clearing line charges to clear mine fields."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "UNSh (Ob.699)",
-            "notes": "Basic chassis for specialised variants."
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Hermes or TKB-841",
-            "notes": "Air-defence vehicle with high-velocity missiles and radar system. Prototype.[68]\n2S31 Vena – Self-propelled mortar carrier equipped with a 120 mm mortar based on BMP-3 chassis. It entered production in 1996 and service in 2010."
          },
          {
-             "name": "2S38 ZAK-57 Derivatsiya-PVO",
+             "name": "2A72",
-             "notes": "Self-propelled air defense vehicle based on BMP-3 chassis fitted with a 57 mm autocannon and passive reconnaissance and target tracking equipment.[72] It is designed to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), cruise missiles, air-to-surface missiles, aircraft, helicopters, and MLRS rockets."
+             "notes": "lighter simplified variant with a lower number of parts, a longer barrel, and higher muzzle velocity, but also a lower rate of fire."
          },
          {
-             "name": "UDAR UGV",
+             "name": "ABM-M30M3",
-             "notes": "Unmanned ground vehicle based on the tracked chassis of the BMP-3 with the center hull raised to fit the DUBM-30 Epoch armed with 2A42 autocannon, 7.62mm PKMT machine gun, and Kornet-M ATGM."
+             "notes": "remote Weapon Station made by Impulse-2, for Uran-9 or different armored vehicles."
          },
          {
-             "name": "Vikhr UGV",
+             "name": "ABM-M30M3 Vikhr",
-             "notes": "Unmanned ground vehicle based on BMD-3 equipped with a smaller turret armed with 2A72 autocannon, 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and six anti-tank guided missiles 9M133M Kornet-M, three on each side of the turret."
+             "notes": "another remote weapon station made by Impulse-2."
          },
          {
-             "name": "Prokhod-1",
+             "name": "TRT-30",
-             "notes": "Unmanned mine-clearing vehicle based on the BMP-3 chassis. It is equipped with the anti-mine TMT-C trawl, and a remote weapon station turret with a 12.7mm machine gun."
+             "notes": "remote weapon station."
          }
      ],