The CT40 cannon is real Boffinry at work.

The AI-assisted onboard system recognises its targets and can cue up different types of ammunition to be fired in the most devastating sequence.

Image sending programmable airburst and point detonating rounds downrange first to wreck… https://t.co/BmcB0phZt8

— The Other Chris (@TotherChris) November 2, 2025

I don't get it.

Everyone is so jazzed about the CT40 but no one is even talking about the 50mm cannon the US Army is working on.

Once this is in service (and it will go into service with the Army's XM-30 Infantry Fighting Vehicle) it will change everything.

I predict that it will become the modern day version of the WW2 German 88mm cannon.

It will be used for damn near everything.  

From becoming the close in defense for ships, to being mounted on robot vehicles to conduct all types of missions on the ground, to becoming the standard gun WORLDWIDE for manned IFVs, the backbone of anti-drone forces (especially when they get to airburst munitions) and the list goes on.

The 30mm is good for now.  It can even give MBTs a run for its money if the crew is good and its on an agile vehicle.  But the 40mm?  That juice just ain't worth the squeeze.

Nations going to that caliber are making a mistake in my opinion.