The fighting in Syria and other conflicts of recent decades have demonstrated, that modern tanks need extra small-caliber guns, writes Mordovia Herald.
The presence of such guns "would destroy the tank hazardous manpower, light armored vehicles, car bombs and other objects, which are ineffective or simply wasteful to spend the main gun ammunition ", says the author Dmitry Lemeshko.
he reminds, that the work in this direction in the Soviet Union carried out for quite a long time: "You can try to remember to arm the T-80 30-mm remote-controlled unit with a gun 2A42, with ammunition in 450 shots and pointing angles 120 g. over the horizon and from -5 g. to +65 g. vertically. That is, the crew was able to destroy not only the terrestrial, but aerial targets ».
There is another example - Object 195, also known as T-95. Furthermore 152mm tools thereon as 30mm cannon installation was mounted.
Many military experts wonder, which is the newest T-14 "Armata" disposal of the commander - only remotely controlled 7.62-mm machine gun.
Likewise arms initially equipped and T-90cm. "But now we see a 12.7 mm “knife”. Therefore, naturally, if at least a part of the machine T-14 will be the same means of fire and a 30-mm gun ", - the author concludes.
