 Protector M151 with an M2 heavy machine gun on a M1126 Stryker  Operator screen of RWS installed on U.S. Army Stryker  A heavy FLW 200 made by Krauss-Maffei for the German Army |
A remote weapon station, also known as a remote weapon system, (RWS) is a remotely operated weaponized system for light and medium caliber weapons which can be installed on ground combat vehicle or sea and air-based combat platforms. Such equipment is used on modern military vehicles, as it allows a gunner to remain in the relative protection of the vehicle. It may also be retrofitted onto existing vehicles, for example, the CROWS system is being fitted to American Humvees and the Thales SWARM for Bushmaster IMVs of the Royal Netherlands Army.
Examples[]
Turkey
- STAMP- Developed by Aselsan
- STAMP-G- Developed by Aselsan
- STOP- Developed by Aselsan
- MUHAFIZ- Developed by Aselsan
- SARP- Developed by Aselsan
- RoboGuard- Developed by Yüksel Defence Systems
- Y A K- Developed by Yüksel Defence Systems
- D-YAK- Developed by Yüksel Defence Systems
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Various 5.8 mm [5][6][7][8][9][10]
- Various 5.8 mm Gatling gun [5][6][7][8][9][10]
- Various 7.62 mm [5][6][7][8][9][10]
- Various 12.7 mm [5][6][7][8][9][10]
- Various 14.5 mm [5][6][7][8][9][10]
- Various 40 mm grenade launcher [5][6][7][8][9][10]
- Various 30 mm [5][6][7][8][9][10]
- HJ-8 anti-tank missile and QW-1 surface-to-air missile launchers.[11][12][13]
- Germany:
- FLW 100/200 by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
- MTS Lance - A large, Modular Turret System intended for 25mm-40mm cannons. Available in manned or remotely operated configurations.[14]
- Israel:
- Italy
- Enforcer II remote controlled weapon system - Developed by SELEX Galileo[15]
- Norway
- Protector (RWS)
- CROWS II[16] - A variant of the M151 Protector.
- Poland
- ZSMU Kobuz - Developed by OBRSM Tarnów[17]
- South Africa
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Raven Srws
- CROWS
- Silent Guardian - A less-than-lethal RWS which uses directed energy. Developed by Sandia National Laboratories.
- Anti-Gaddafi forces
- Improvised remotely operated systems[19]
See also[]
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- Sentry gun
- Internet hunting
- Gun turret
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nanuk, Qimek and Amarok: A trio of world-class weapon stations on view at Idex 2009". Rhienmetall Defence. 26 February 2009. http://www.rheinmetall-detec.com/index.php?fid=5033&qid=&qpage=0&lang=3.
- ↑ "Nanuk Fact Sheet". Rheinmetall Defence. http://www.rheinmetall.ca/servlet/file?id=53.
- ↑ "Amarok Fact Sheet". Rheinmetall Defence. http://www.rheinmetall.ca/servlet/file?id=51.
- ↑ "Qimek Fact Sheet". Rheinmetall Defence. http://www.rheinmetall.ca/servlet/file?id=55.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 http://www.qianyan001.com/retu/20120819/1345309540_87848600_2.html
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 http://bbs.tiexue.net/post2_5918346_1.html
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 http://ershoujunshi.blog.163.com/blog/static/192748258201271610306531/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 http://ido.3mt.com.cn/Article/201207/show2661865c30p1.html
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 http://mil.huanqiu.com/photo/china/2010-11/1262082.html
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 http://www.acewings.com/cobrachen/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=8.88&TOPIC_ID=5473&
- ↑ Junshi.club.xilu.com
- ↑ Zhjunshi.com
- ↑ Military.china.com
- ↑ "MTS Lance – Rheinmetall’s new modular turret system: Cutting edge technology, systematic modularity". Rheinmetall Defence. http://www.rheinmetall-detec.com/index.php?fid=5121&qid=&qpage=0&lang=3.
- ↑ "Enforcer II Remote Controlled Weapon System". selex-sas.com. http://www.selex-sas.com/EN/Common/files/SELEX_Galileo/Products/ENFORCER.pdf.
- ↑ CROjavascript:(function(){readConvertLinksToFootnotes=false;readStyle='style-apertura';readSize='size-medium';readMargin='margin-wide';_readability_script=document.createElement('script');_readability_script.type='text/javascript';_readability_script.src='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/js/readability.js?x='+(Math.random());document.documentElement.appendChild(_readability_script);_readability_css=document.createElement('link');_readability_css.rel='stylesheet';_readability_css.href='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/css/readability.css';_readability_css.type='text/css';_readability_css.media='all';document.documentElement.appendChild(_readability_css);_readability_print_css=document.createElement('link');_readability_print_css.rel='stylesheet';_readability_print_css.href='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/css/readability-print.css';_readability_print_css.media='print';_readability_print_css.type='text/css';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_readability_print_css);})();WS 2
- ↑ "ZSMU Kobuz". OBRSM. http://www.obr.tarnow.pl/pl/galeria/pages/KOBUZ%20ZSMU.html.
- ↑ "Trackfire RWS Remote Weapon and Sensor System RACKFIRE RWS REMOTE WEAPON AND SENSOR SYSTEM". saabgroup.com. http://www.saabgroup.com/Global/Documents%20and%20Images/Land/Weapon%20Systems/RWS_UTAAS/Trackfire%20RWS%206pg.pdf.
- ↑ "Home-made remote weapon station developed by Libyan rebels". 15 June 2011. http://www.technewsdaily.com/2742-libyan-rebels-military-robot.html.
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