[Yo-Yo]

The most obvious location would be in the so-called "hell-hole" in the cabin floor.

The return of the B-17 ball turret!

This is not for the MV-22 that the Marines will soon deploy to Iraq. At this time it is just the CV-22 for Special Ops.

[r9etb]

I saw one of these flying a few months ago. WAAAaayyyyy cool.

[Red Badger]

Seen a few of them flying around here...............

[lesser_satan]

Both the USMC and SOCOM are considering a range of weapon types, from a 7.62mm minigun to a .50-calibre machine gun to a grenade launcher.

Why not all three? The more rounds per minute the better.

[GBA]

Chin, side and rear mounted chain guns.

[traditional1]

A remote ball turret with one of these?

[Southack]

I worry that the MV-22’s carbon fiber props are too vulnerable to light arms fire compared to more traditional metal propellers/rotors.

[PAR35]

It would need to either be low profile or retractable. It doesn’t look like there is a lot of ground clearance.

[Ramius]

Seems like a couple of .50’s sticking out either side would be pretty good too. Maybe a minigun someplace. :-)

On another topic, I’d really like to see the Coast Guard pick up some of these. Seems like an ideal long range SAR platform. Can cover a lot of territory in a hurry and carry a lot of stuff out, and people back.

[Camel Joe]

I would suggest a cockpit controlled via HUD bottom mounted turret employing the M134 Gatling 7.62mm, and either the M242 25mm chaingun or the M230 30mm chaingun.

[SJSAMPLE]

“that can fire on targets at all angles relative to the aircraft’s position. “

Call me crazy, but I think there may just be a few angles with traverse and elevation limits.

[Pistolshot]

I suspect the Marines want a gunship for close in support when these babies go in to make deliveries. Right now the ramp mounted .50 is not very practical for troop protection. But this might help with one mounted on both sides of the craft as a gunship and it won't matter which configuration they were in.

[A.A. Cunningham]

the US Marine Corps has installed a .50-calibre gun on the tail ramp of its MV-22 fleet,

If only they had a Ma Deuce for a ramp gun. The MV-22 is armed with the M240D.

Staff Sgt. Theodore K. Mahiai, a VMX-22 crew chief and one of the first to fire the “Osprey’s” new, rear-mounted M-240 weapon system, scans the area for possible targets during a flight Aug. 15.
Photo by: Lance Cpl. Samuel D. White
Photo ID: 2006822115214
Submitting Unit: MCAS New River
Photo Date:08/22/2006

[isthisnickcool]

That’s a scary machine, especially if you are right underneath it. Because that’s a dangerous place, considering gravity being the way it is.