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The CROWS system provides an operator with the ability to acquire and engage targets while inside a vehicle, protected by its armor. It is designed to mount on a variety of vehicle platforms and supports the Mk 19 grenade launcher , 12.7 mm M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun , 7.62 mm M240B Machine Gun , and 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon .
A Kongsberg/Thales Protector M151 with an M2 heavy machine gun on a M1126 Stryker The operator screen of a RWS installed on U.S. Army Stryker A heavy FLW 200 made by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for the German Army A light remote weapon system made by OTO Melara Iberica A Sea Rogue fitted with a 12.7 mm machine gun mounted on a Valour class frigate of the South African Navy
The system consists of a stabilized firing platform, a fire-control system and control grips. Several weapons can be mounted to the platform, such as: M2 Browning 12.7×99 .50 BMG heavy machine gun; NSV 12.7×108 heavy machine gun; M240/FN MAG 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun; M249/FN Minimi 5.56×45mm NATO light machine gun
The Oshkosh M-ATV is a mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle developed by the Oshkosh Corporation for the MRAP All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) program. Intended to replace M1114 HMMWVs (Humvee), it is designed to provide the same levels of protection as the larger and heavier previous MRAPs, but with improved mobility.
It automatically integrates contamination information from detectors with input from on-board navigation and meteorological systems and automatically transmits digital NBC warning messages through the Mission Command System. As of 2010, the U.S. Army does not plan to field Stryker double V-hull (DVH) versions of the NBCRV in Afghanistan. [4]
The contract was for up to $2.2 billion in orders, to produce up to 2,500 vehicles through 2015, for Army Engineers and Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams. [5] The initial order was for nine test vehicles, to be completed between May and August 2008. [4] In April 2008, the Army issued a $132 million production contract to BAE System for 179 ...
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Croatia – 4+ US Army donated several Cougar MRAPs to the Croatian Army ISAF contingent in Afghanistan. [25] Denmark – 40 Cougar loaned, (not leased,) from US from early-2011. Used in Afghanistan by the army. [26] Djibouti – 12 for Djiboutian Army; [27] some modified to accept 90 mm cannon and turrets adopted from Panhard AML armored cars ...