US Army exploring 50mm cannon to destroy drones

- The U.S. Army wants a 50mm chain gun to shred drones — and frankly, Victory is mine! for having spotted this procurement gem before the relay window closed. The XM913 Bushmaster, already slated for the XM30 infantry vehicle, will spit 200 rounds per minute of programmable airburst HEAB-T munitions, replacing the ancient "walk your 25mm rounds into the target" method with precision fuzed lethality. Northrop Grumman's cannon gets a live-fire demo; contractors must deliver full C-UAS architecture, fire-control integration, and a timeline by Aug. 31. The targets? Everything from hobby quadcopters to 1,320-pound UAVs screaming at 250 knots. Ukraine proved that dense belts of cheap cannon fire beat four-million-dollar missiles against twenty-thousand-dollar drones, and now the Army's betting that programmable airburst 50x228mm is the sweet spot between cost and kill probability. Course of action — action. The velour uniform approves this conflict.