30mm HS.661
Hispano-Suiza Type 661
Overview
30mm HS.661
Argentine army 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun on display in firing position.
Source: Bunker Argentino -
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Late 1950's for HS.661B
Finland
Variants
30mm HS.831A early type gun mount
Early model gun mount with mechanical sight and simpler mechanical fire control. Armed with HS.831A autocannon fed by a drum magazine. Introduced somewhere in the early to mid 1950's. Egyptian examples were captured by Israel in 1955.
30mm HS.661B
Main production model using the updated HS.831L autocannon with improved muzzle velocity and higher 650 rpm rate of fire. Introduced in the late 1950's. A box magazine is used which holds eight clips of five rounds, for a total of 40 rounds ready to fire.
Details
Media
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Argentine army 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun towed behind a M39 6x6 truck during a parade.
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Argentine army 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun seen during a live fire exercise in 2019.
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French forces with 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun in defense of the airport of Djibouti in 1979.
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Finnish 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun on display in 1964. Known locally as 30 ITK 62.
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Finnish 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun on display in a museum. Known locally as 30 ITK 62.
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30mm HS.661
Finnish 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun on display in a museum. Known locally as 30 ITK 62.
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Argentine army 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun seen during the Falklands war.
Source: Malvinas a Sangre y Fuego by Nicolas Kasanzew
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Argentine army 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun seen during maintenance.
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30mm HS.831A early type gun mount
30mm HS.831A autocannon on early type gun mount seen in a museum in Indonesia. Note the mechanical sight, wheels on mount in firing position and drum magazine.
Source: SBD DaunTeless
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Right side view of Argentine army 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun in firing position.
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30mm HS.661
Argentine army 30mm HS.661 anti-aircraft gun seen during the Falklands war.
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