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Old 11-25-2012, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Tegyrius View Post
Here's an odd question for the ordnance gurus. Is it possible to dismount an M242 Bushmaster from an M2 Bradley, reassemble it, provide an external power source, and use it as a manually-aimed weapon in a fixed position? I'm aware of the naval variant that appears to be in a similar configuration, but I don't know if it's feasible to convert a standard ex-Bradley (or ex-LAV-25) gun to work that way.

- C.
The naval mounts are nothing more than a pedestal mount with a power hook-up, otherwise its identical to the M242, its supposed to have taken a gunner's mate all of an hour to modify and a Beltway Bandit over a year to validate......or at least that's the story!
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