While the 25 mm automatic gun is not the weapon of choice for engaging tanks, vehicle commanders, crews, and CALL and Army Infantry Center personnel reported isolated instances in which the 25 mm automatic gun had killed tanks. The 25 mm automatic gun is primarily used for clearing bunkers and firing on lightly armored vehicles.
The two ready boxes allow a selectable mix of rounds, such as the M791 APDS-T ( Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot (with) Tracer), and M792 HEI-T ( High Explosive Incendiary (with) Tracer) rounds. The gun has 300 ready rounds in two ready boxes (one of 70 rounds – usually AP-type rounds, the other of 230 rounds – usually HE-type rounds), with another 600 rounds in storage. The M242 has a single barrel with an integrated dual-feed mechanism and remote feed selection. The Bradley is equipped with the M242 25 mm autocannon as its main weapon. One specific design requirement was that it should be as fast as the new M1 Abrams main battle tank so that they could maintain formations while moving, something which the older M113 armored personnel carrier could not do, as it had been designed to complement the older M60 Patton. Design began in 1963 and entered production in 1981. The Bradley IFV was developed largely in response to the amphibious Soviet BMP family of infantry fighting vehicles, and to serve as both an Armored personnel carrier (APC), and a tank-killer. 3.7 Mission Enabler Technologies-Demonstrator.
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