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Deliveries conclude for Stryker 30mm guns

15th March 2018 - 17:00 GMT | by Grant Turnbull in London

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Orbital ATK has completed deliveries of 30mm XM813 cannons to the US Army, concluding its initial production contract for the service’s Stryker lethality upgrade programme.

The company has delivered a total of 12 cannons for the engineering manufacture design evaluation and an additional 83 guns to equip the new Infantry Carrier Vehicle – Dragoon (ICVD) vehicle, totalling 95 weapon systems.

The ICVD is equipped with an unmanned MCT-30 turret from Kongsberg, which integrates the 30mm XM813 as well as advanced optics and a precision fire control system.

An Orbital ATK spokesperson said the guns had been delivered ‘about a month

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Grant Turnbull was the editor of Land Warfare International and Digital Battlespace magazines with Shephard …

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