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Categories: Naval guns | Automatic cannons | Close-in weapon systems | 30 mm artillery | Soviet Cold War weapons | Modern Russian weapons
AK-230
AK-230 is a Soviet fully automatic naval twin 30 mm gun. Its primary function is anti-aircraft. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by radar. AK-230 is probably the most popular gun of its class in the world, mounted on big warships as well as small crafts. About 1450 guns were produced in the USSR and about 300 in China. Its succesor is AK-630 automatic gun.
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