Products – 20 mm Gun Pod Plamen
News
ZVI Inc. introduction at Eurosatory 2010 in Paris
04.08.2010
In June was held in Paris, one of the largest exhibitions army and safety equipment ...
Gunpod PL-20 certification for helicopters Mi-24
12.01.2010
At the end of 2009 was issued MOD agreement to use the gunpod PL-20 on ...
Participation at the Paris Air Show 2009
04.08.2009
Together with sister organization MPI Group Ltd. was presented gun container PL-20 PLAMEN of exposure ...
Products – 20 mm Gun Pod Plamen
PLAMEN AIRCRAFT GUN POD PL-20
The PL-20 package represents a set of products comprising an aircraft weapons system and its ground accessories. The 20 x 102 mm weapons system consists of the ZPL-20 aircraft gun, the KPL-20 gun pod, the MPL-20 aircraft ammunition (TP, TP-T, API-T or HEI cartridges), PYR-20 cartridges and elements of the P-20 ammunition feed belt. The ground accessories consist of the feed belt charger PLN-20, the ground control device LUN 2469, the adjustment telescope RD 20-460, the gun assembly stand, the gun pod assembly, the set of spare parts 1:1 and 1:3 and the tool set.
The ZPL-20 is a high rate-of-fire, two-barrels electrically controlled automatic gun for aerial usage resting together with the ammunition box and the electronic control block in the KPL-20 gun pod. The pod may be suspended under a standard NATO pylon and is standardly linked to the board control computer of the aircraft.
During all allowed flight modes the PL-20 package enables aerial fire at air targets (in aerial combat and for aircraft self-defense) and at ground targets, to provide combat support for or defense of ground forces.
The ground accessories of the PL-20 are designated, in particular, for the pre-flight procedures and post-flight checks of the PL-20, as well as for its maintenance, transport and storage.
The ZPL-20 gun and MPL-20 ammunition are also utilizable for ground applications. In such cases the gun may be mounted on fixed and/or mobile platforms.
In 2004, all parts of the PL-20 have been certified for use in military aviation in compliance with the STANAG and MIL international standards. The ammunition is compatible with the M39 / M56 / M61A ammunition series.
Based on successful finalization of control and end-user tests, the PL-20 has been integrated into the armaments of L-159 aircraft and, subsequently, employed by the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic.
Technical data
PL-20 package
| Mass max. | max. 229 kg |
| Length | 3 260 mm |
| Ammunition | 20x102 mm |
| Cartridge box capacity | 210 pcs |
| Primer ignition principle | electrical |
ZPL-20 aircraft gun
| Calibre | 20x102 mm |
| Rate of fire - low | 780 ± 50 min-1 |
| Rate of fire - high | 2 600 ± 100 min-1 |
| Weapon principle | coupled breeches, gas-withdrawal actuation |
| Length | 2 000 mm |
| Width | 177 mm |
| Height | 222 mm |
| Mass | 68 ± 1 kg |
| Muzzle velocity | 1 020 +43 -20 m.s-1 |
| In-flight breech initiation | three times, pyrotechnically |
| Life cycle | 6,000 rounds |
| NSN Code | 1005160041727 |
KPL-20 gun pod
| Length | 2 725 mm |
| Diameter | 400 mm |
| Mass | 95,5 ± 2 kg |
| NSN Code | 1005160009886 |
Letecká munice 20x102
| Calibre | 20x102 mm | |
| Cartridge weight | 262 g | |
| Maximum cartridge length | 168 mm | |
| Projectile weight | 101 ± 1,3 g | |
| Powder charge weight | 39 g | |
| Mean projectile velocity V10 (V23) | 1 041 ±15 m.s-1 (1030 ±15 m.s-1) | |
| Mean hit diameter in the distance 500 m | <=348 mm | |
| Types– NSN Code | HEI | 1305160042374 |
| API-T | 1305160042375 | |
| TP | 1305160042376 | |
| TP-T | 1305160000168 | |
