Russian forces have begun deploying AK-630 naval anti-aircraft guns in occupied Crimea.
Photos shared by the Crimean Wind Telegram channel show these six-barreled 30mm rotary cannons mounted on fixed positions and mobile platforms like military trucks to reinforce ground defenses.
🇷🇺 Russian forces have begun repurposing naval AK-630 autocannons as fixed defensive firing positions. The AK-630 is a six-barreled 30mm cannon with a rate of fire of up to 1,000 rounds per minute. These systems are being removed from ships and deployed on land in the occupied… pic.twitter.com/16MDTIZu8d
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“Our observers track cargo KamAZ trucks daily on the roads of Sevastopol, fitted with anti-aircraft machine guns in their beds. These vehicles move around the northern part of the city and Inkerman, frequently changing location,” the Telegram post reads.
“But this time, something new was spotted: in the bed of the KamAZ truck is a twin-barreled 30mm naval automatic anti-aircraft system, the AK-630/630M model from 1976. This system is typically deployed on a wide range of vessels, from heavy aircraft cruisers to patrol boats,” the post added.
According to reports, AK-630 can fire up to 5,000 rounds per minute and typically operates with a radar-linked MR-123 fire control system.
Similar conversions have appeared before. Russian troops have mounted naval weapons like the 2M-3, AK-306, and A-22 Ogon on land vehicles.
More recently, systems like the RBU-6000 have been deployed on improvised platforms across southern Ukraine.
