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The M230 Chain Gun is used on the MH-60L Direct Action Penetrator. It is also the Area Weapon System on the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter , mounted on the chin turret. It uses a 2 hp (1.5 kW) electric motor to fire 30 mm (1.2 in) linkless ammunition at a rate of 625±25 rounds per minute.
The Area Weapon Subsystem is made up of a single M230 30 mm chain gun, turret and assembly, ammunition feed, and other electronic components for the functioning of the system. [83] The unit is capable of 100 degrees of motion in azimuth left or right, 11 degrees of elevation and 60 degrees of depression, and feeds from an ammunition magazine ...
The PDF clearly indicates that "M230LF 30mm BUSHMASTER® CHAIN GUN®" is one variant of the "M230 Chain Gun" family. Please don't move again until there is a clear consensus. - BilCat 01:12, 30 May 2019 (UTC) BilCat M230LF is a variant of M230 but both of those autocannons are called Bushmaster. The family they are talking about are all those ...
Guns: 1× 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 Chain Gun with 1,200 rounds as part of the Area Weapon Subsystem; Hardpoints: Four pylon stations on the stub wings. Longbows also have a station on each wingtip for an AIM-92 Stinger twin missile pack. [71] Rockets: Hydra 70 70 mm, CRV7 70 mm, and APKWS 70 mm [70] air-to-ground rockets
M230 Chain Gun United States: Cold War 30: External: Mk44 Bushmaster II United States: Cold War 35: Internal: Oerlikon KDA Switzerland: Cold War 35: External: Bushmaster III United States: Cold War 37: Internal: BK 37 Nazi Germany: World War II 37: Internal: COW 37 mm gun United Kingdom: World War II 37: Internal: Ho-203 cannon Empire of Japan ...
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]
The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee. The GAU-19, a rotary gun that fires .50 caliber ammunition. Mounted on Humvees and helicopters. The M230 Autocannon fires 30×113mm ammunition at 625 rounds per minute. It is mounted on the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk Direct Action Penetrator ...
The Integrated Helmet and Display Sight System (IHADSS) 30 mm M230 chain gun turret on a Boeing AH-64 Apache being aimed with a helmet-mounted sight A helmet-mounted display (HMD) is a headworn device that uses displays and optics to project imagery and/or symbology to the eyes.