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The M242 Bushmaster chain gun is a 25 mm (25×137mm) single-barrel chain-driven autocannon. It is used extensively by the U.S. military , such as in the Bradley fighting vehicle , as well as by other NATO members and some other nations in ground combat vehicles and various watercraft.
The cannon is a larger and more modern version of the 35 mm Bushmaster III chain gun, which itself is a larger version of the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannon. Although its shells, 50 x 228 mm, are twice the diameter of the 25×137mm cartridge of the M242, the 50mm cannon is not much longer than the smaller weapon. [ 2 ]
Cartridge Type 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun/Type 96 25 mm AT/AA gun France: Hotchkiss et Cie: 25×163mm Anti-aircraft autocannon 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun France: Hotchkiss et Cie: 25×193.5mmR Anti-tank gun: 25 mm M1940 anti-aircraft gun Soviet Union: Mikhail Loginov and Lev Loktev: 25×218mmSR Anti-tank gun 25 mm Bofors M/32 anti ...
The primary component of the Mk 38 is the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster. It is an externally-powered, chain-driven gun. The Bushmaster uses an electric motor to drive the moving parts for ammunition feeding, loading, firing, extraction, and cartridge ejection. [2] The mass of the M242 on the Mark 38 MGS is 109 kg (240 lb). [3]
The M242 25 mm chain gun. A chain gun is a type of autocannon or machine gun that uses an external source of power to cycle the weapon's action via a continuous loop of chain, similar to that used on a motorcycle or bicycle, instead of diverting excess energy from the cartridges' propellant as in a typical automatic firearm. [1] [2]
Bushmaster IV United States: Cold War 40: Internal: 40CT cannon United Kingdom: Modern 45: Internal: Nudelman-Suranov NS-45 Soviet Union: World War II 50: Internal: Rheinmetall BK-5 Nazi Germany: World War II 57: Internal: Ho-401 cannon Empire of Japan: World War II 57: Internal: AZP S-60 Soviet Union: Cold War 57: Internal: ZIF-31 Soviet Union ...
The Bushmaster IV is a 40 mm chain-driven autocannon designed and built by Alliant Techsystems, based on the M242 Bushmaster, Bushmaster II and Bushmaster III. [1] [2] The Bushmaster IV fires 40×365mmR 3P (Prefragmented, Programmable, Proximity-fuzed), APFSDS-T Mk I, and APFSDS-T Mk II rounds. The 3P round will provide air burst capability and ...
The ADEN Mk 5 became the basis for the planned ADEN 25, which was to be a somewhat larger weapon at 90 in (2.3 m) long and weighing 203 pounds (92.1 kg) firing the new range of 25x137mm NATO STANAG 4173 ammunition (as developed for M242 Bushmaster) at a much higher muzzle velocity of 3,445 feet per second (1,050 m/s). The lighter ammunition was ...