30-mm Mk 46 Weapon Systems // Artillery/Guns // Naval Guns

The 30-mm Mk 46 is a weapon station designed for the U.S. Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles (EFVs) and the U.S. Navy's SAN ANTONIO-class (LPD-17) landing platform dock ships. The central feature of the station is the Mk 44 Bushmaster II 30/40-mm cannon, a larger relative of the well-known 25-mm Bushmaster. It shares 70 percent of the logistic parts used in the 25-mm version. The barrel is chrome-plated for extended life. It can also be converted to fire 40-mm rounds with...