M230 Chain Gun

thumb|right|400px|Hughes/Alliant Techsystems M230 chain gun - 30x113mm B
thumb|right|400px|Hughes/Alliant Techsystems M230 chain gun - 30x113mm B
thumb|right|400px|Hughes/Alliant Techsystems M230 chain gun - 30x113mm B
The M230 Chain gun is the 30mm autocannon commonly mounted underneath the American AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship. It was originally developed by Hughes, but was manufactured by Alliant Techsystems until 2015, when production was picked up by Orbital ATK following a merger of Alliant Techsystems with aerospace company Orbital. As of 2019, production has been taken over by Northrop Grumman. It has been in production and in use by the American military since 1975 and is still in use today, most notably as the gun mounted just underneath the nose of the famous AH-64 gunship.
Obviously, Hollywood movie armorers don't own or use the M230 30mm Chain Gun, as it is always seen mounted under an AH-64 helicopter gunship. The only appearances of the real gun are when the U.S. military assists the movie production, as in the film Fire Birds, or when stock footage is used. The vast majority of AH-64 gunships in film are now computer generated creations as are their M230 guns, but for informational purposes, we are listing the real weapon here, since that is what the gun is supposed to be.
===Film===
Title 	Actor	Character	Note 	Date
Deal of the Century 	 	 	Seen unmounted at arms show 	1983
Fire Birds 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	1990
Toy Soldiers 	 	 	prop firing weapon mounted on actual weapon. 	1991
In the Army Now 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	1994
Supreme Sanction 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64; Footage from Fire Birds 	1999
Dreamcatcher 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	2003
Alone in the Dark 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	2005
Dragon Wars: D-War 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	2007
The Kingdom 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	2007
The Spirit 	 	 	Fictional multi-barreled configuration 	2008
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	2013
Cockneys vs. Zombies 	 	 	Mounted on AH Mk 1 Apaches. 	2012
Ah Boys to Men 	 	 	Mounted on OPFOR AH-64 Apache 	2012
SEAL Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 in stock footage 	2012
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	2013
Lone Survivor 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	2014
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64, footage from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 	2016
Godzilla Resurgence 	 	 	Mounted on Fuji AH-64DJP Apaches 	2016
Rampage 	 	 	U.S. Army Apache helicopters 	2018
===Television===
Title 	Actor	Character	Note 	Date
JAG - Season 1 	 	 	Mounted on AH-64; Footage from Fire Birds, "Scimitar" (S1E09) 	1995
Lock 'n Load With R. Lee Ermey 	 	 	mounted on AH-64, "Helicopters" (S1E05) 	2009
Future Weapons 	 	 	mounted on AH-64, also attached to CROWS 	2009
24 - Season 8 	 	 	mounted on AH-64, "11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M." (S8E19). 	2010
Sanctuary 	 	 	"Monsoon" (S04E04); Dual mounted in the nose of a private jet 	2012
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live	 	 	Mounted on AH-64 Apache; "Gone" (S1E02), "Bye" (S1E03), "What We" (S1E04), "The Last Time" (S1E06)	2024
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as	Notation 	Release Date
Half-Life 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	1998
Steel Beasts 	 	Unusable 	2000
Conflict: Desert Storm 	 	 	2002
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2004
Battlefield 2 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2005
Project Reality 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2005
Conflict: Global Terror 	 	 	2005
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2006
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2007
World in Conflict 	 	 	2007
Battlefield: Bad Company 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2008
America's Army 3 	 	Unusable 	2009
ArmA II 	 	 	2009
Medal of Honor 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2010
Homefront 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2011
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2011
Battlefield Play4Free 	 	 	2011
Batman: Arkham City 	 	Mounted on PMC helicopters and used as sentry guns	2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2011
Serious Sam 3: BFE 	 	On AH-64 Apache 	2011
Black Mesa 	 	Unusable 	2012
Arctic Combat 	 	 	2012
Far Cry 3 	 	Mounted on Black Hawk helicopters 	2012
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 	 	Mounted on Hammerhead helicopters 	2013
Call to Arms 	 	 	2018
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown 	 	Mounted on non-playable AH-64D 	2019
Serious Sam 4 	 	Mounted on AH-64 Apaches 	2020
===Anime===
Character 	Title 	Note 	Date
Black Organization pilot	Case Closed: The Raven Chaser	 	2009
NATO pilots 	Cat Planet Cuties 	 	2010
Bad Company's pilots 	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 	S4E4, "The Nijimura Brothers, Part 2"; S4E5, "The Nijimura Brothers, Part 3"	2016
=See Also=
* Alliant Techsystems - A list of all firearms manufactured by Alliant Techsystems.
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