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20x137mm Bushmaster

Overview


The The .5020x137mm Browning Machine GunBushmaster  (.50 BMG12.7×99mm NATO) is a cartridge a primarily vehicle utilised auto-cannon cartridge with a wide range of ammunition that has been developed for the Browningthis .50munition, caliberproviding machineweapons gun inthat utilise it with the latecapability 1910s,to enteringdefeat officialthe servicemajority inof 1921.armored vehicles it is likely to encounter, up to and including some light tanks. The .50 BMG cartridge is alsoammunition used in long-rangethe targetM242 and Bushmaster Chain Cannon may also be used in a variety of weapons such as the GAU-12 Equalizer, the French Giat M811, or the Swiss Oerlikon KBA weapon system.

Despite its wide use in vehicles, it is almost never utilised in man portable weapons due to the power, weight and size of the munition, however one such weapon does exist, the Laku Solutions LRAMW-25 (Light Recoil Anti Materiel Weapon-25mm), which is a 39 kilogram anti-materiel rifles,rifle asdesigned wellto asgive otherthe .50-calibercapability machinefor guns.defeating light vehicles, powered infantry armor, exo-skeletons and mechas to an infantry platoon.

Stats


Ammunition Type DamageFragment Count/Explosive Damage Bullet Velocity (m/s) Barrier Penetration Armor Piercing
M33M791 BallAPDS-T 250490 880N/A 10.02532991340 288708000
MK211GDOT RaufossAPFSDS-T 240 + 4 [email protected] 440 870N/A1390988600
Hypersonic Tubular110N/A34621869780
Non-Explosive Fragmenting420350 Frags @ 10m105030.95810
M792 HEI-T300610 Frags @ 20m 
+
34dmg @ 20m 
1100 20 2104300
MK212Incendiary Raufoss TracerFlechette 240 + 4 [email protected] 118x44 8703dmg @ 0.2m 201417 210
M903 API120126619.91500
LC/68 Depleted Uranium SABOT160130011580
Lightweight Plastic Projectile801800110
XMP Tungsten AP16078025490
AMAX Match1908603.11.2 15
XM1175 Duplex130x28042.6110
EXACTO Tracking Munition50+82 Indirect Hit750001200
Note: Barrier penetration represents the rounds ability to go through walls and barriers. Armor piercing represents the rounds ability to penetrate body armor plates.