The Mk44 Bushmaster II is a 30 mm chain gun manufactured by Northrop Grumman. It is a derivative of the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster, and uses 70% of the same parts as the M242 while increasing the firepower by as much as 50% with the 20% increase in caliber size. The barrel is chromium-plated for extended life.

Bushmaster® 30mm GAU-23 Chain Gun® is a derivative of the combat proven Mk44 Bushmaster® automatic cannon. What’s more, it incorporates all of the battle-proven features of the 25 mm Bushmaster® cannon, with significant system commonality for low-risk, proven performance features.

The GAU-23 Bushmaster® Automatic Cannon is a next-generation Chain Gun weapon available and in use today. It continues the Bushmaster tradition of excellence with its design simplicity, external power, positive round control, ease of maintenance, …

2012年7月9日 · ATK [ATK] said a modified variant of its Mk44 Bushmaster Automatic Cannon medium-caliber weapon was recently type classified as the GAU-23 by the Air Force for integration on AC-130W gunships. The GAU-23 Bushmaster Automatic Cannon uses the 30x173mm PGU-13, PGU-15, and PGU-46 ammunition.

2020年9月4日 · U.S. Air Force aerial gunners operate a 30mm ATK GAU-23/A autocannon and 105mm M102 howitzer onboard an AC-130W Stinger II Gunship during air training operat...

The GAU-23 is the aircraft version of Mk44. It arms the U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider Gun Ship and U.S. Marine Corps Harvest Hawk. The Mk-44 Stretch Bushmaster Chain Gun | Bushmaster Users Conference 2021. Next-generation, battlefield-proven weapons of excellence, firing 30x173mm advanced ammunition.

ARLINGTON, Va., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced that a modified variant of its Mk44 Bushmaster® Automatic Cannon, was recently type classified as the GAU-23 by the U.S. Air...

2012年7月17日 · The US Air Force has officially accepted the modified 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster automatic cannon as the GAU-23 For the last three years, modified (and continually tweaked) Mk44s have been operating on a dozen US Air Force AC-130 gunships and more recentl

30mm GAU-23 Chain Gun is a derivative of the combat proven Mk44 Bushmaster. automatic cannon. What’s more, it incorporates all of the battle-proven features of the 25 mm Bushmaster. cannon, with significant system commonality for low-risk, proven performance features.

The Bushmaster II is a scaled up version of the original Bushmaster chain driven autocannon. It has a 60% parts commonality with the original Bushmaster. The Bushmaster II fires the 30x173mm NATO round. It can also be configured to fire the 30x170mm Rarden round or the 40mm Super Forty ammunition. In practice this was never done.