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The Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system (MGS) is a shipboard weapon system designed to protect warships primarily from a variety of surface threats, especially small, fast surface craft. [1] It consists of an M242 Bushmaster chain gun mounted on a turret that can be either manually or remote controlled , depending on variant.
Typhoon Weapon System has been selected by the US Navy, designated Mk 38 Mod 2, and provided by the US-located branch of the UK-headquartered company BAE Systems teamed with Rafael. [11] Following upgrades which expanded the ships it could be mounted on, improved its optics, and added a co-axial 7.62mm machine gun, it received the designation ...
In 1986, this requirement was satisfied with the introduction of the Mk 38 Mod 0 weapons system. A derivative of the M242 system, the Mk 38 consists of the M242 chain gun and the Mk 88 Mod 0 machine gun mount. It provides ships with defensive and offensive gunfire capability for the engagement of a variety of surface targets.
The 5-inch (127 mm)/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5 in (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. [1] It was designed and built by United Defense , a company later acquired by BAE Systems Land & Armaments , which continued manufacture.
USMC crewed Mk 28 Mod 2 5"/38 caliber mount aboard USS New Jersey, 1984. Left rear view of a Mark 37 5"/38 caliber mount. NOTE: No Fuze Setter. Forward Mk 38 5"/38 caliber mount aboard the destroyer USS Hamner. The World War II Naval 5"/38 gun preserved in the ROC Marine Corps History Museum in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Mk 33 3"/50 DP (Dual Purpose) Gun; Mk 36 SRBOC (Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Countermeasure) Mk 37 Torpedo; Mk 38 Chain Gun; Mk 38 Mod 1 Machine Gun; Mk 38 Mod 2 Stabilized Machine Gun; Mk 41 VLS (Vertical Launch System) Mk 42 5 inch DP (Dual Purpose) Gun; Mk 44 Torpedo; Mk 45 5 inch DP (Dual Purpose) Gun; Mk 46 Torpedo; Mk 48 Torpedo; Mk 50 ...
The last nine ships of the class had new remotely operated 25 mm Mk 38 Mod 2 Machine Gun Systems (MGSs) installed on platforms over the old Mk 13 launcher magazine. USS Ford with Mk 38 Mod 2 MGS. Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate 76 mm 62-caliber Mk 75 anti-aircraft gun.
A Kongsberg/Thales Protector M151 with an M2 heavy machine gun on a M1126 Stryker The operator screen of a RWS installed on U.S. Army Stryker A heavy FLW 200 made by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for the German Army A light remote weapon system made by OTO Melara Iberica A Sea Rogue fitted with a 12.7 mm machine gun mounted on a Valour class frigate of the South African Navy