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The stabilized BAE Mk38 Mod2/3, which can be fired remotely and reportedly has a two to three-fold increase in Probability of Hit (POH) versus the old Mod 1. It has a cyclic rate of 175-to-200 rounds per minute, at least until its onboard 150 linked rounds run out.

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Official caption: “Sailors shoot a Mark 38 25mm machine gun during a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 14, 2024. Nimitz …
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Official caption: “Sailors shoot a Mark 38 25mm machine gun during a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 14, 2024. Nimitz is underway in 3rd Fleet conducting routine training operations.”
 
From the Wiki article-
"It is a low-cost weapon that can operate in any weather condition, day or night. "

About $4 million each :) Likely much more these days :)

"In 2004, United Defense received a $395.5 million contract to produce the Mark 38 Mod 2 weapon system. The contract runs through 2010 with the first eight units and spares to be delivered in 2004, 13 in 2005 and 67 in 2006."

USA 25 mm/87 Mark 38 Machine Gun System - NavWeaps

www.navweaps.com www.navweaps.com


A 1575 - 1603 grain (0.225-0.229 LB) projectile at 4410 fps !!
Muzzle VelocityAPDS, APDS-T: 4,410 fps
 
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shanneba said:
From the Wiki article-
"It is a low-cost weapon that can operate in any weather condition, day or night. "

About $4 million each :) Likely much more these days :)

"In 2004, United Defense received a $395.5 million contract to produce the Mark 38 Mod 2 weapon system. The contract runs through 2010 with the first eight units and spares to be delivered in 2004, 13 in 2005 and 67 in 2006."

USA 25 mm/87 Mark 38 Machine Gun System - NavWeaps

www.navweaps.com www.navweaps.com


A 1575 - 1603 grain (0.225-0.229 LB) projectile at 4410 fps !!
Muzzle VelocityAPDS, APDS-T: 4,410 fps
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United Defense is now BAE, I worked as the 2nd shift facility manager at the BAE Division in Louisville Kentucky.
Great company and great people however unfortunately poor upper management with continuous management turnover and a very poor and incompetent HR Department.
 
Keystone19250 said:
United Defense is now BAE, I worked as the 2nd shift facility manager at the BAE Division in Louisville Kentucky.
Great company and great people however unfortunately poor upper management with continuous management turnover and a very poor and incompetent HR Department.
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Gee - that sounds like almost any place these days. Decent working folks and front line mgmt - same upper mgmt and HR dept slugs.
 
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