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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 .
It can be distinguished from the common raven by its size of around 48–52 centimetres (19–20 in) in length as compared to an average of 63 centimetres (25 inches) for ravens, and from the hooded crow by its black plumage. The carrion crow has a wingspan of 84–100 centimetres (33–39 in) and weighs 400–600 grams (14 oz – 1 lb 5 oz).
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. [1] [2] [3] In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids. Currently, 139 species are included in this family.
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The pied crow (Corvus albus) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus of the family Corvidae. Structurally, the pied crow is better thought of as a small crow-sized raven, especially as it can hybridise with the Somali crow (dwarf raven) where their ranges meet in the Horn of Africa .
Southern crow was considered by the RAOU before Australian raven was adopted as the official name for the species in 1926. [17] The term "crow" is colloquially applied to any or all species of Australian corvid. [5] The Australian raven was called wugan by the local Eora and Darug inhabitants of the Sydney Basin. [18]
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Relative size is useful only when two species can be seen side by side, as the overlap in size is large and the difference in size small. [20] In Tasmania, the forest raven could be confused with the black currawong , though the latter species has more slender wings with white markings, a longer tail and a very different call.