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25mm Ammunition The Ammunition Choice for Ground, Sea and Air Platforms www.atk.com Combat Proven ATK is the world’s leading supplier of combat proven, low-cost 25mm x 137mm ammunition. Our 25mm family offers the outstanding reliability, accuracy, lethality, and penetration necessary to defeat a wide variety of threats on the battlefield. This ammunition is extremely effective in antiarmor, antimateriel, antipersonnel, and fire suppression roles. Our modern production facilities and experienced personnel ensure that you’ll receive the highest quality 25mm ammunition. Flexible 25mm Bushmaster ammunition performance characteristics provide infantry fighting vehicles, ship self-defense sys- tems, and air defense platforms with the firepower necessary to meet a variety of threats. This ammunition may be fired from the ATK Bushmaster M242 chain gun, the Oerlikon KBA, GAU-12/U cannon or any other NATO-qualified 25mm weapon system. Other derivatives of the 25mm Bushmaster ammunition family are used in the AV-8B Harrier (PGU-25/U HEI and PGU- 32/U SAPHEI-T) and in shipboard defense systems like the MK 38 (Mk210 HEI-T and PGU-32/U SAPHEI-T). NATO Interoperable ATK’s 25mm ammunition meets or exceeds all U.S. government performance requirements and is the only 25mm ammunition to have obtained NATO certification. Our rounds have been tested in accordance with NATO STANAG 4173 and the guidelines outlined in the NATO Manual of Proof and Inspection (MOPI). M791 APDS-T M792 HEI-T M793 TP-T M910 TPDS-T PGU-32/U SAPHEI-T PGU-25 HEI PGU-23 TP

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25mm Ammunition

The Ammunition Choice for Ground, Sea and Air Platforms

www.atk.com

Combat ProvenATK is the world’s leading supplier of combat proven, low-cost 25mm x 137mm ammunition. Our 25mm family offersthe outstanding reliability, accuracy, lethality, and penetration necessary to defeat a wide variety of threats on thebattlefield. This ammunition is extremely effective in antiarmor, antimateriel, antipersonnel, and fire suppressionroles. Our modern production facilities and experienced personnel ensure that you’ll receive the highest quality25mm ammunition.

Flexible25mm Bushmaster ammunition performance characteristics provide infantry fighting vehicles, ship self-defense sys-tems, and air defense platforms with the firepower necessary to meet a variety of threats. This ammunition may befired from the ATK Bushmaster M242 chain gun, the Oerlikon KBA, GAU-12/U cannon or any other NATO-qualified25mm weapon system.

Other derivatives of the 25mm Bushmaster ammunition family are used in the AV-8B Harrier (PGU-25/U HEI and PGU-32/U SAPHEI-T) and in shipboard defense systems like the MK 38 (Mk210 HEI-T and PGU-32/U SAPHEI-T).

NATO InteroperableATK’s 25mm ammunition meets or exceeds all U.S. government performance requirements and is the only 25mmammunition to have obtained NATO certification. Our rounds have been tested in accordance with NATO STANAG4173 and the guidelines outlined in the NATO Manual of Proof and Inspection (MOPI).

M791APDS-T

M792HEI-T

M793TP-T

M910TPDS-T

PGU-32/USAPHEI-T

PGU-25HEI

PGU-23TP

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For information contact: ATK Integrated Weapon Systems3309 N. Reseda CircleMesa, AZ 85215 USAPhone: [email protected]

108104_04Approved for Public Release #09-S-2872

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CartridgesThe M791 APDS-T cartridge possesses the superb accuracy and penetration necessary to defeat today's threats. Itshigh velocity, coupled with a low time of flight, assures effective performance at extended ranges.The M792 HEI-T cartridge offers the accuracy and lethality needed for light materiel, antipersonnel, and fire suppres-sion roles. This cartridge is fuzed with the M758 Point Detonating Self-Destruct (PDSD) fuze, developed and producedexclusively by ATK. The M758 provides superior arming delay, graze and extended range sensitivity, and self-destructand meets MIL-STD 1316 requirements.The M793 TP-T is a low cost, target practice cartridge, ballistically matched to the M792 HEI-T round.The M910 TPDS-T is a training cartridge designed to specifically match the trajectory of the APDS-T round, but with adesired range limit.The PGU-32/U SAPHEI-T round provides aerial and surface gun platforms with improved effectiveness against soft andlight armored targets. This round is qualified for use on the AV-8/B Harrier and MK 38 Navy weapon systems and com-plies with NATO STANAG 4173.The PGU-25 HEI is an untraced round that is used on fixed wing aircraft such as the AV-8/B Harrier and AC-130Gunship. It uses the M505 point detonating fuze and complies with NATO STANAG 4173.The PGU-23 TP is a low cost, untraced target practice cartridge ballistically matched to the PGU-25 HEI.

The 25mm Ammunition Family

Cartridge weightMuzzle velocity (nominal)Chamber pressure (typical)Trace (typical)Dispersion (typical)Penetration (typical)

Fuze type

Time of flight (2000m)NSN

M791 APDS-T

Armor-PiercingDiscarding Sabot

with Tracer

M792 HEI-T

High-ExplosiveIncendiary with Tracer

M793 TP-T

Target Practicewith Tracer

M910 TPDS-T

Target PracticeDiscarding Sabot

with Tracer

PGU-32/USAPHEI-T

Semi-Armor PiercingHigh Explosive

Incendiary–Traced

455g1345 m/s410 MPa2.2 sec

.30 x .30 mr25mm RHA

@ 60° 1300mNA

1.7 sec1035-01-380-

8960

493g1100 m/s360 MPa6.0 sec

.55 x .55 mrNA

M758PDSD

3.6 sec1305-01-380-

9884

492g1100 m/s360 MPa6.0 sec

.30 x .30 mrNA

NA

3.6 sec1350-01-380-

5862

415g1520 m/s410 MPa4.0 sec

.30 x .30 mrNA

NA

1.9 sec1305-01-426-

4359

493g1100 m/s360 MPa5.5 sec

.45 x .45 mr13mm RHA

@ 30° 1000mPyrotechnically

initiated

3.6 sec1305-01-356-

9083