Fast Gun

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U.S. Navy Seaman Daniel A. Wright fires an Mk-38 25mm machine gun during a general quarters drill aboard the dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry currently en route to the Philippines. This machine gun system is a single-barrel, air-cooled, heavy machine gun capable of firing 175 rounds per minute. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Marvin E. Thompson, Jr.