Meet the New M230LF: America's 30mm Chain Gun 

Yea I mean thats what would make it effective. This system should be drone capable and with out any proximity functionality is pointless.

I believe rheinmetal has already produced a dual turret version.

you know they have lasers for drones which are cost effective and deadly accurate

@@earthcitizen7245 They take too long to take down a drone and needs to be constantly on target to transfer heat.

they're very accurate and quick@@AC-gu9ks

Except all that exposed wiring is Junk. That has to be fixed. One errant shot and 3 systems can be ruined.

With a name like Bushmaster, it's got to be good! :o) Bushmaster chain guns,....i'll take mine in gun metal black.

@@Forevertrue blah blah blah 👎

They are all dead or retired by now. Ancient cannon tech.

What is all this for exactly? 20 foot Trolls coming over the mountains?

Had something like this happen a while back. We came to a part in the training, and the instructor said something along the lines of, this is X System. It's full of MS, if there's a problem with X just send it back. I asked what MS was. He replied "Magic Shit".😂

Sounds German.

It's ok. Most military mechanics, electricians, etc can't really work in the private sector because we fix shit and aren't parts changers.

For what though?

@@infinitesimotel Watch any guncame footage from apache's and your questions will be answered.

@@infinitesimotel I could see a use in rush hour traffic.

@@leagueofotters2774 Yep Ill give you that lol.

@@infinitesimotel panzie

I have to admit it cracked me up showing those two guys rocking around in that truck while the thing was firing 😂👌

​@@boxlid214RIP R Lee Ermey

@@ChiefAlday damn dude, I knew he looked familiar, I didn't notice it was him though. That's cool as hell he got to experience this bad boy before his time was up

@@ChiefAlday I immediatly knew it was him, how old is this video?

​@@boxlid214The same thing caught my attention as well. I always assumed 20mm at maximum to be a suitable bore diameter for omni-platform anti-drone system like this.

thats why i didnt get why the apache would do auto fire.

These things are poorly designed.

@@grouchosayspoorly designed? it’s supposed to be an area weapon lol😂 it’s designed to do EXACTLY that. Precision with slower fire rate, maximum destruction when you mag dump.

@@masonagent4009 M60 far better.

@@grouchosays What?

Would have still lost the war though

@@Truthbomb918 Probally would have lost sooner, in counter insurgency firepower is generally unhelpfull at making the natives hate you less

@tjmurphy2567 What a low-IQ way to look at that war lol. The U.S. dominated the Taliban immediately after arriving in Afghanistan, making them hide in caves and resort to IEDs and potshots. We stayed for 20 years… could’ve stayed til the end of time had we wanted to. But just because we eventually got tired of trying to civilize that hellhole and left, and the Afghan army we tried to train couldn’t fight for their own country, doesn’t mean we “lost”. If anything, it’s another example of soft politicians setting unrealistic humanitarian goals in wars, as friggin usual

@@stevilknevil107 Dude, keep it real. Your troops were running in fear from men in sandals leaving them military equipment worth millions of dollars.

Man, you KNOW that round is going to hit hard when it shakes the truck and contents that hard on sending it. HoooEeee! Dat some spice. (also RIP Cajun Chef Justin Wilson)

For the counter-drone mission only at this point. It is not replacing M2's or Mk 19's.

Lotta points in this skill tree. 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅

The system that includes rails for the stinger and hellfire missiles is particularly interesting. If that can be run on the JLTV and M-ATV it will massively increase the combat effectiveness of what will become the most ubiquitous armored vehicles in the US inventory. Imagine scores of these things roaming the battlespace, with the firepower to counter fixed and rotary wing aircraft, drones of all shapes and sizes, heavy and light armored vehicles and unarmored vehicles not to mention dismounts. All while avoiding the cost, logistical tail and other issues associated with heavy armored vehicles. All it needs is antiship capability and literally everything is covered. ;-) In reality the hellfire could probably do some serious damage to warships, too.

@@rtbdmd I'd rather see APKWS here.

That’s what she said

Cant respect when biden obama is president in thief

M2 has been around for about a 100 years

That’s a gau, they’re completely different

@@ayylmao182 I was referring to the cartridge used in the A10 the 30x173 not the rotary cannon. That cartridge is used in several ground vehicles like the new model of the Stryker but no active aircraft(formerly used in the Viggen) The 30 mm used here is a medium velocity used in the aircraft cannons(English and French)that I cited.

Bushmaster makes a heavier duty chaingun with 40mm OR the 30mm of the GAU-8.

I imagine the wear on the truck could be mitigated with some kind of rig to spread out the recoil impulse with springs or pneumatics or whatever.

@@atomic_waitTrue. They could mitigate the gun's kick. But as it stands, the driver and passenger were laughing as though they were playing in bumper cars 4:36

@@gregparrott Is that R Lee Earmey in one of the seats?

@@atomic_wait I had to look up the name and photo. The passenger bears a good resemblance. However, he died on 4/15/2018.

​@@gregparrottthat was definitely him, video released in 2017. RIP gunney

Well the Army was looking into this, then they realized the M2 is ~40 years old and similarly to their conclusion on the Abrams recently, the base vehicle design has reached it's limit of potential and completely new system need to be designed from scratch... Hence the XM30 (unlike the failed FGCV system and /or NGCV) is going ahead essentially no matter what. Even if it's not exactly what the Army had in their FANTASY-WORLD which has proven to be utterly un-realistic for the time or the foreseeable future. However the XM30 will feature an 50mm Auto-Cannon... And likely have an M230LF atop it's roof for C/UAS integrated with the censors of whatever APS the XM30 WILL UNDOUBTABLY HAVE.(As we can see from Ukraine, ALL future fighting vehicles should have both an APS for ATGMs/KEPs as well as C/UAS systems like M230LF! Otherwise, might as well not even bother..!) The XM30 program unlike it's failed/canceled predecessor programs is ahead of schedule and will be either the GDLS Griffin3/ASCOD-based, or American Rheinmetall Lynx-based submissions which are currently having ~12 Prototypes produced each for the final phase of the competition. Army will receive and test the prototypes in 2025-26, and expect to choose and begin production of the winner around 2027-28. Fielding of the first units expected to happen by 2030...

The Bradleys are already being replaced. No need to upgrade

Yeah maybe if you quit driving a Ford

@@R0NIN_1987 Hah! Good answer. That F250 is a mean truck. They used to run them at the tractor pulls and they were pretty powerful with good torque.

@@johnallen6945I actually drive an F250 😂 I was just messin around with you.

injured in battle, cause: empty 30mm shell fell on soldier arm.

What enemy?

@@adriandumitrascu4292first time I saw one i was surprised how big it was.

I agree but don't know what that's like but all time favorite is the A10 worthog ppssssstttttttt

Bro the marines built a tomahawk launcher on a Humvee, or their new oshkosh one

You can probably get cheap ammo for it in Afghanistan, unfortunately.

Proximity rounds mean you just have to aim "kinda in the same area", as the drone. More forgiving

Saw Afghan Taliban being turned to paste when hit by one single round

But they don't require direct hits right? Fragments do the work

​@@Pakhira148nope the sheer force and explosion of the round penetrating a tanks armor would just vaporize anyone inside.

If you had to ask, i dont rhink so

Thanks, Sarge.

Value for what purpose? Other than to flex impotently on YT videos

Yeah, the proximity burst taking out drones, too? That's a big un.

@@infinitesimotel If Russia had the tech, they'd win that war. No impotence there.

@@ljprep6250 Start a war with who?