Russian gunboats destroy all sea targets within range

This weapon has proven to be a high performance weapon with a rate of fire of more than 60 shots / min.

AK-130 gunboat on Russian battleships. Photo: Internet Although born in the Soviet Union, but up to now, the AK-130 gunboat system is still a fearsome weapon with any target at sea in range. Specifically, according to expert Maya Carlin on National Interest, it is the ability to complete many tasks and high stability that the Russian Navy still believes in using the AK-130 gunboat on large warships despite the weapons. This weighs up to 100 tons. Although the development time of the AK-130 has been lengthened for a variety of reasons, this weapon has proven to be a highly efficient weapon with a rate of fire of more than 60 rounds per minute. It is known that the Soviet Navy began to have plans to own large caliber automatic cannons from the years of World War II. Artillery soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces said that the existing cannons with caliber from 100-130mm with slow firing speed limited their ability to attack aerial targets. Therefore, in the period 1952-1955, the Soviet Union developed a number of prototype automatic cannon loaded ammunition. Automatic guns were planned for development and service in the Navy as part of the shipbuilding program for the period 1956-1965, but the plan was later abandoned. Technical blueprints bearing the plant designation ZIF-92 appeared in 1969. It was a single caliber 130mm cannon. Many of the features of the ZIF-92 gun were later applied to the AK-130 gunboat. The ZIF-92 prototype featured new, but not without deficiencies. Soviet experts planned to mount ZIF-92 on the patrol boat of Project 1135 Burevestnik. However, the ZIF-92 proved too heavy for ships of this type and forced to stay on the shelf. The Soviet Navy was finally delivered with a double-barreled gunboat in 1985. The gun was named AK-130 and was installed on the Project 956 Sovremeny destroyer. The AK-130 was developed in 1976 in the Arsenal design room named MV Frunze. With the 2-barrel design was really necessary for the gunboat because 1 barrel could not guarantee a firing efficiency of 60 rounds / min. With 2 barrels, the AK-130 cannon can fire 80 rounds / minute (each barrel shoots 40 rounds). Each bullet weighs 33kg. The AK-130’s maximum range when attacking sea and ground targets is 23km.