The Puma infantry fighting vehicle, The vehicle is armed with a remotely controlled weapon station, developed by Kraus-Maffei Wegmann, which is fitted with a dual feed Mauser 30mm MK 30-2 cannon. Rheinmetall is responsible for the integration of the Mauser cannon and the ammunition handling system. The MK 30-2, which is in production for the Spanish Pizarro and Austrian Ulan IFV, has a rate of fire of 700 rounds per minute and a range of up to 3km.
The cannon fires 30mm APFSDS-T (Armour Piercing Fin-Stabilised Discarding Sabot - Tracer) rounds with a muzzle velocity of 1,385m/sec. The rounds, developed by Oerlikon Contraves Pyrotec and being qualified in Switzerland for deployment in the Swiss and Austrian armed forces, have entered volume production. The round is not fitted with a depleted uranium penetrator and is non-toxic.
