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GD Completes First AJAX Manned Live Firing Trial

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GD Completes First AJAX Manned Live Firing Trial
Artist's conception of the GD AJAX Armored Fighting Vehicle being developed for the U.K. Army. Image: General Dynamics.

General Dynamics [GD] successfully completed the first live firing test onboard an ARES, a member of the AJAX  Armored Fighting Vehicle family, in the United Kingdom (UK), the company said Wednesday.The firing trials tested the performance of the three weapons that can be mounted on the ARES’ Kongsberg PROTECTOR Remote Weapon System: the General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) and Grenade Machine Gun (GMG). GD highlighted this was the first manned firing test of any AJAX variant.During…

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