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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 ...
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 ...
A Mk 21 5"/38 caliber open pedestal mount in 1942. Two Mk 22 5"/38 caliber mounts aboard the destroyer USS Porter, 1942. 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 ship originally designed to carry one bow Mk.3 40 mm gun, one 81 mm mortar aft, and four 12.7 mm/50 calibre machine guns. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Instead, she is armed with one 25mm Bushmaster chain gun on Mk.38 Mod.0 mount, four M2HB Browning 12.7 mm/50 calibre machine guns on Mk.26 mounts, with two positioned forward and two aft; and two M60 7.62 mm ...
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.
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
Podded, the system weights 1,900 lb (860 kg) loaded with 353 rounds of 30 mm ammunition in two helical layers surrounding the gun (for reduction of overall size). The pod is completely self-contained with a rate of fire of 3,000 rpm. [19] A Mk 4 gun pod mounted on a US Navy A-4B Skyhawk.