France and the UK are set to qualify a new 40mm case telescoped ammunition cannon for their armored vehicles, and they are looking to be at System Readiness Level 8 ("Actual System Completed and Qualified Through Test and Demonstration") by year's end, with the cannon and ammunition qualified some time in 2012.When I looked at this system last year, it looked promising, with a much simplified ammunition feed, no need to eject cases, and more punch in the same volume.
CTA International (CTAI), a "joint venture of BAE Systems and Nexter" say that this is compact enough to be a drop in replacement for the Bradley's 25mm Bushmaster cannon, but that it will pack the punch of a 50mm cannon.
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