The Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system (MGS) is a shipboard weapon system designed to protect warships primarily from a variety of surface threats, especially small, fast surface craft. [1]

Sep 20, 2021 · Primary Function: 25 mm single barrel, air cooled, semi- and full-automatic, remotely and manually trained and elevated main machine gun system. Optional Secondary Function: 7.62mm single-barrel,...

The MK-38 is a 25-mm machine gun installed for ship self-defense to counter High Speed Maneuvering Surface Targets (HSMST). The MK 38 was first employed aboard combatant and auxiliary...

Setting the standard for shipboard defense against small, fast, and agile surface threats. The Mk 38 MGS is a low cost, stabilized self-defense weapon system that dramatically improves ships' self-defense capabilities in all weather conditions, day or night.

The system combines elements from the Mark 3 Mod 9 and Mark 38 gun mounts to provide a lightweight, low-cost solution to small-caliber gun requirements including a "man-in-the-loop" system for low-intensity combat situations.

Mk-38 Mod.1s are maintained in a rotatable pool for temporary installation aboard deployed ships. Following the October 2000 attack on USS COLE (DDG 67), Task Force Hip Pocket identified an improved Mk-38 MGS as a means to increase shipboard self defense against small boat threats.

Command and Control – The integrated fire control system provides independent gun and TOPLITE gimbal stabilization and superior optics including the forward looking infrared radar with three fields-of-view, a low contrast, low light level color day camera, and an …

In service with the US Navy, the MK38 Mod 4 is a fully integrated Naval Gun controlled via a Combat Management System (CMS) or Electro Optic Fire Control System (FCS) using a remote independent Electro-Optical Sight System (EOSS).

Sep 24, 2012 · BAE Systems’ Mk 38 gun mount on display at the Navy League Sea Air Space exposition earlier this year. The fully enclosed, remotely-controlled mount incorporates a 30 mm cannon, .50-caliber machine gun, EO sensor ball, and increased ammunition stowage.

A new era in shipboard defense has begun. With the push of a button, BAE Systems Mk 38 Machine Gun System (MGS) provides shipboard defense against unmanned aerial system (UAS) swarm attacks and surface threats. Watch to learn more about how the Mk 38 MGS can defeat multiple shipboard threats.