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Lithuania Selects Orbital ATK MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun To Arm Vilkas Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Friday, March 17th, 2017

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Lithuania Selects Orbital ATK MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun To Arm Vilkas Infantry Fighting Vehicles

MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun. Photo: Orbital ATK.

Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence selected Orbital ATK’s [OA] MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun to arm the Lithuanian Army’s new Vilkas 8x8 infantry fighting vehicles, the company said Thursday.Under the agreement, Orbital ATK will deliver the MK44 beginning in mid-2017.After the contract is completed, the company will have supported the integration of 90 cannons into Israeli-based Rafael’s Samson MKII Remote Weapons Station. The station has a low-silhouette and ability to reload under armor inside the hull. Orbital ATK said the cannon’s…

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