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From: janf@nada.kth.se (Jan Frelin)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: M242 Bushmaster
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Date: 22 Nov 89 04:13:44 GMT
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From: janf@nada.kth.se (Jan Frelin)

In article <11595@cbnews.ATT.COM> grassm@eecs.nwu.edu (Mark O. Grasse) writes:

>This is in reference to the talk on the net about the Bushmaster cannon.
>
>  The M242 Bushmaster is a 25mm, chain driven cannon manufactured by Hughes
>I believe.  It is currently the main armament of the U.S. Army M2 and M3
>Bradley Infantry (M2) and Cavalry (M3) Fighting vehicles.

Since I posted the original question Ive got several answers, one as a 
personal letter and the rest here. They suggest that its one of the following:
1) an automatic cannon, as above. 2) an auto-grenade launcher 3) some 
kind of combined system.

Conclusion: The picture I saw published did not feature the M242 Bushmaster,
as the caption suggested. I know how the Bradley cannon looks, and that 
wasnt it. The picture was probably the motorized AGL of the ninth motorized 
division that an earlier poster described.

		/Yours, Jan Frelin