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About 23 and 30 mm guns - I said all I know.Got any more details on that thing? This is the third or fourth time I've seen it, but I have yet to figure out what exactly it's supposed to be. The very generic name and language barrier make it impossible to find. I'm assuming it's something like the old small-caliber infantry guns (37mm Modele 1916 or Vickers-Crayford), or the interwar lightweight antitank guns like the QF 2-pounder.
In return, another Russian oddity: the 6P62. A shoulder-fired, full-auto capable 12.7x108mm rifle designed by the Degtyarev Plant and possibly in limited use with special forces (being a Spetsnaz armorer or ammo handler must be a nightmare).
I think, it like a Maadi-Griffin 30x173 cannon (weight 21.6 kg or 47.62 lbs):
SP-30 potential is a more stability and accuracy than this gun. SP in very powwrful - it's a 385-400 g (0.849-0.882 lbs) with 820 mps (2690 fps) and energy 129-134 kiloJoules. With this gun you can hunt on armoured vehicles - standart NATO vehicles protected from 14.5x114 with B-32 AP bullet, but, not protected from huge 23x165 and 30x165 guns on 1000-2000 metres.
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About assault rifles in 12.7x108... I know about more interesting gun, constructed by engineer Barishev in 1985 and rebuilted in 2015-2019 in Russia and Belarus - it's a modular 12.7 mm and 30 mm grenade launcher:
Original guns was a KPB in 12.7x108 and weight 13.4-14 kg, and ARGB in 30x29 and weight 15.3 kg, but, today, Russian and Belarussian engineers talk about ARGB in weight 8-9.5 kg, with removable 30 mm and 12.7 mm barrels, and, with removable belt-fed machanism for grenades, for use a box of AGS-17 and AGS-30 grenade launchers, with belt on 29-30 grenades. I don't know about belt-fed mechanism for this gun in 12.7x108, but, I think, it's not a problem.