The M230 chain gun is one of the most iconic and devasting machine guns seen on earth. Its inclusion on the similarly iconic US Apache helicopter has cemented it in weaponry folk law and now it’s been upgraded to make it even more lethal. In this video, we’re going to take a look at this new weapon and its origin story to discover just what makes it such an effective weapon.

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