United States of America
25 mm/87 (1") Mark 38 Machine Gun System
Pictures

Updated 16 February 2009


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Constable 1st Degree Thomas Pedersen of the Danish Navy corvette Niels Juel (F 354) fires a 25 mm Mark 38 MGS aboard USS Anzio CG-68 in June 2002
U.S. Navy Photograph No. 020612-N-0872M-502



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25 mm Mark 38 on USS Peleliu LHA-5 in October 2001
U.S. Navy Photograph No. 011011-N-1523C-003



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25 mm Mark 38 aboard USS Fort McHenry LSD-43 in December 2004
U.S. Navy Photograph No. 041210-N-2970T-003



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25 mm Mark 38 gun crew firing at a "killer tomato" aboard USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 in January 2006
Note the large piles of links
U.S. Navy Photograph No. 060112-N-2385R-194


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Remotely Controlled and Stabilized 25 mm Mark 38 Mod 2
Photograph copyrighted by United Defense


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Performing maintenance to a 25 mm Mark 38 Mod 2 gun system aboard USS Lake Champlain CG-57 in January 2009
The tube above the gun barrel is the spent cartridge ejecter port
U.S. Navy Photograph No. 090129-N-4774B-007



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Mark 96 Mounting with 40 mm Mark 19 Grenade launcher on top and 25 mm Cannon on bottom
Photograph copyrighted by United Defense



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Operations Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Burton manning a Mark 96 on USS Chinook PC-9 in March 2003
Note the feed mechanism for the Mark 19 Grenade Launcher
U.S. Navy Photograph No. 030321-N-0000G-009


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MLG 25 showing dual-ammunition feed
Photograph copyrighted by Rheinmetall AG


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25 mm M793 TP-T ammunition (target practice rounds with tracer) aboard USS Lake Champlain CG-57 in January 2009
U.S. Navy Photograph No. 090129-N-4774B-008


Page History

08 November 2006 - Benchmark
16 Febrary 2009 - Added pictures of Mark 38 Mod 2 and training ammunition aboard USS Lake Champlain CG-57