British Apache 'Longbow' AH-64D helicopter accidentally discharges M230 30mm cannon! 💥⚠️

British commanders have launched an urgent probe after an Apache attack helicopter opened fire with a lethal round whilst being moved across the ground.
It is believed the gun was let off just as the £20million helicopter was being wheeled out of its hangar, possibly to head towards firing ranges.

The Army Air Corps chopper is thought to have unleashed the “negligent discharge” as trainees prepared to train at Wattisham Flying Station, a British Army base. Military investigators are probing the accidental firing of the Apache’s 30mm gun at the Suffolk station on Wednesday.

In the Army a “negligent discharge” is considered a serious offence and leads to disciplinary action, sometimes docking a soldier's pay. The massive 30mm cannon – which fires bullets as big as milk bottle caps – has a range of 2.5miles. The chopper was taking part in live firing training exercise when it suffered a malfunction and was forced to land at the MoD's Sculthorpe range in Norfolk. The pilots flew back to their base at Wattisham, in Suffolk, where the chopper was due to be repaired. Specialist weapons technicians were working in the gun when it let off a stray round.
The Apache was taking part a live firing exercise, codenamed Grey Eagle, when the cannon jammed over Sulthorpe. Defence investigators have impounded the Apache and they have downloaded its compute data to try and locate the round. They are also grilling troops on how the chopper was still armed when it reached a built-up area. A source said the Army Air Corps had handed the aircraft over to weapons repair specialists from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME).

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