C-RAM - Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar / Test Fire

Soldiers conduct weapons testing with a C-RAM - Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar weapon system as part of live fire exercise that takes place on Fort Sill, Oklahoma in preparation for unit deployment.
The Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar weapon system(also called C-RAM) is used as a response to indirect fire attacks on a base. It is a set of systems used to detect and/or destroy incoming rockets, artillery, and mortar rounds in the air before they hit their ground targets.
The 20mm Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System is a land-based variant of the U.S. Navy's Phalanx CIWS weapon system, a radar-controlled rapid-fire gun for close-in protection of vessels.
Both use a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) camera to allow their operators to visually identify incoming fire.
Credits: U.S. Army videos by Staff Sgt. Ian Vega-Cerezo and Sgt. Christian Morton
Thumbnail Credit: U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Theresa Gualdarama
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Derivative works: Military Archive
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[@ComparedComparison]

That's a nice gun

[@welshboyoo715]

How do you stop the barrels from overheating? That thing is just plain scary !

[@Brusselsproutsk8]

How has life come to this

[@Everything_I_Like.]

Great for Home defense👍

[@facility_blackmesa]

American firepower firing C-RAM!!

[@aandc2005]

Is it 20mm? Also is it the same gun as the A-10 uses?

[@noahater5785]

Yep, 20mm, not the same gun as the A-10, that’s a 30mm that the A-10 has, you’re probably thinking of the Netherlands’ Goalkeeper CIWS which uses the same gun as the A-10 but afaik there’s no land based equivalent of that.

[@avarage_man]

Here's a short rundown from the top reply :3
The A-10C Thunderbolt II made by Fairchild republic Uses a "GAU/8A Avengers" Rotatory 30mm Cannon made by General Electric
What's shown here is a C-RAM made by Raytheon which uses a M61A1 "Vulcan" Rotatory 20mm cannon made by guess who, General Electric.
Also fun fact about the M61A1, its used on many aircrafts such at the F16, and also was used by the VADS anti air platform.

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It never gets old. Unlike our president who walks like C-3PO.

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[@konstantinpostal]

Ok Jimmy...

[@Swordofmichael333]

Don’t want to be even morbidly close to that thing the radiation coming off must be insanity

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oh look, a civilian airliner

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Bless ya

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If anything is in the C-Ram reach, it will not have a nice a good future.

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Taco bell shots

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🤔

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Nice chem trails

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but no free healthcare 😢

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There's no free lunch

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Stop being a lazy ass fool 😊

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