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US Sailors Training on Mk 38 25mm Chain Gun [M242 Bushmaster] – A Live Fire Exercise

   04/29/2021  25 Comments on US Sailors Training on Mk 38 25mm Chain Gun [M242 Bushmaster] – A Live Fire Exercise

U.S. Sailors fire 25mm rounds from the Mk 38 Mod 1 Automatic Machine Gun System during a live fire gunnery exercise.

The Mk 38 is the naval version 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 such as patrol boats, floating mines, and various shore-based targets. The standard rate of fire is up to 200 rounds per minute. The weapon has an effective range of 3,000 metres (9,800 ft), depending on the type of ammunition used.

Video Credits: U.S. Navy | United States Department of Defense

Thumbnail Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Jeremie Kerns

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25 thoughts on “US Sailors Training on Mk 38 25mm Chain Gun [M242 Bushmaster] – A Live Fire Exercise”

  4. 🇧🇷 gastaram mais de 1000 munições e não acertaram nada,ainda que os piratas não disparam um tiro, se fossem os traficantes aqui do Brasil estariam todos mortos.kkkkk

  18. Some of the people they take into the military is unreal…The Ancient "Republican" Romans would never, and when they did, well…. "Republican," as in the Republic of Rome, Like Cicero, FYI, for all the uneducated leftists who will no doubt start crying.

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