The guns fire at 200 rounds per minute and are fed by a 400-round magazine through 200-round dual feeds. A Mk 46 turret consists of the 30 mm chain gun, a forward looking infrared (FLIR) sensor, a low light television camera, and a laser rangefinder. The GWS is produced by General Dynamics to give warships protection against small, high-speed surface craft.
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Navy uses the Mk44 Bushmaster II in the Mk 46 Mod 2 Gun Weapon System (GWS). Mk 46 Mod 2 GWS aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport ship Green Bay, 2016. It can also be converted to use the 30x170 mm RARDEN cartridge. The gun can be converted to a caliber of 40x180 mm, which involves changing the barrel and a few key parts, to use the SuperShot 40 cartridge. The gun uses standard GAU-8 Avenger ammunition that is available in API (Armor-Piercing Incendiary), HEI (High-Explosive Incendiary) and APFSDS-T (Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot-Tracer) variants. The barrel is chromium-plated for extended life. 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 Mk44 Bushmaster II is a 30 mm chain gun manufactured by Northrop Grumman.
1,080 metres per second (3,500 ft/s) (HEI-T ammunition)
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