The US military began testing the "Stryker" wheeled infantry fighting vehicle equipped with the XM913 50mm chain automatic gun, which is a new type of rapid-fire automatic gun that the US military has high expectations. In late August this year, the U.S. Army received four "Stryker" wheeled infantry fighting vehicles integrated with the new artillery system; according to the plan, seven such infantry fighting vehicles will undergo more in-depth testing in October.
It is reported that the XM913 "Hyper viper III" chain automatic gun is currently undergoing comprehensive tests on a series of future infantry fighting vehicles of the US Army, including the "Griffin III" of General Dynamics Land Systems and the KF41 "Lynx" of Rheinmetall. "Combat vehicles and the Swedish CV90.
According to NATO standards, the XM913 "Hyperdrax III" is more powerful than the current "Large Viper" 25mm and 30mm automatic guns; due to its larger ammunition caliber, the XM913 has a range of 4000 meters and is an active combat vehicle of the US Army Equipped with M242 25mm chain automatic gun twice. The preliminary test results of
show that the new XM913 50mm "Hydraulia III" chain automatic gun is 4 times faster than the previous 25/30mm "Hyperdrax" chain automatic gun. The reaction speed is 4 times faster to hit the target with a stable rate of fire. 200 rounds per minute with higher accuracy.
In addition, the US military has also selected the XM913 type 50mm automatic chain gun to be equipped on the upgraded version of the M2 "Bradley" tracked infantry fighting vehicle and the XM1296 "Stryker" ICVD wheeled armored vehicle.
However, the U.S. Army also admitted that even after the upgrade of the new guns, the Stryker still lost to the new Russian tanks, which are equipped with new stronger 57mm automatic guns with a steady rate of fire of 120 per minute. It has a maximum kill range of 6000 meters and a maximum shooting height of 4500 meters; guided by a sophisticated fire control system, it can also intercept low-altitude supersonic flying targets. The picture shows the Russian 2S38 assault vehicle
equipped with a 57mm automatic gun
