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DEFA Ammunition
The 30 mm DEFA (Direction des Études et Fabrications d’Armement) are a family of cannon-calibre ammunition developed for use with the French series of 30 mm DEFA revolver cannon. Like the British ADEN cannon ammunition, early French ammunition for their DEFA Type 541 cannon used a case that was based on 30×85B (B = belted) ammunition developed for the German Mauser MK 213C cannon. The French case for their DEFA Type 541 cannon was 97 mm long a...
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