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Phalanx automated turret, mounted on USS Denver. A sentry gun is a weapon that is automatically aimed and fired at targets that are detected by sensors. The earliest functioning military sentry guns were the close-in weapon systems point-defense weapons, such as the Phalanx CIWS, used for detecting and destroying short range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft, first used exclusively on naval ...
The SGR-A1 is a type of autonomous sentry gun that was jointly developed by Samsung Techwin (now Hanwha Aerospace) and Korea University to assist South Korean troops in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. It is widely considered as the first unit of its kind to have an integrated system that includes surveillance, tracking, firing, and voice ...
UH-1N with GAU-16/A door-mounted machine gun AH-1W with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rockets GBU-12 500lb. bomb Guns. GAU-12/U 25 mm Gatling gun; GAU-16/A .50 Caliber Machine gun; GAU-17/A 7.62 mm automatic gun; GAU-21/A .50 Caliber Machine gun; GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm Gatling cannon; M61A1 20 mm automatic cannon; M197 20 mm automatic ...
The gun mount moves at a very high speed and with great precision. The system takes minimal inputs from the ship, making it capable of functioning despite potential damage to the ship. The only inputs required for operation are 440 V AC three-phase electric power at 60 Hz and water (for electronics cooling).
MG 34 General-purpose machine gun (German army main fire support weapon until superseded by the MG 42 because of ease of manufacture and high fire rate, still used after.) [258] [260] [261] [262] MG 42 General-purpose machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the German army after 1942-1943 after replacing MG 34) [258] [260] [263] [264]
XTR-101 and XTR-102 are a pair of automatic close-defense 20mm remote weapon systems produced by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology of Taiwan.The XTR-101 features a single T-75 cannon while the XTR-102 features two of them mounted side by side.
The weapons, vehicles and equipment used in the Russo-Ukrainian War, from 2014 to the present include the following.The war involves the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Russia, the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic, the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic, and a number of national guard and volunteer groups.
Should tribesmen try to get into the camp to steal rifles, the buckshot would give the sentries a better chance of hitting the thief, and unlike a .303 round, would be less likely to wound or kill a comrade should the sentry miss. The Snider was notably powerful.