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Kongsberg Protector RWS on M1126

Protector M151 with an M2 heavy machine gun on a M1126 Stryker

Rws stryker interiorscreen

Operator screen of RWS installed on U.S. Army Stryker

Leo2 PSO Turm

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.

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  2. "Nanuk Fact Sheet". Rheinmetall Defence. http://www.rheinmetall.ca/servlet/file?id=53. 
  3. "Amarok Fact Sheet". Rheinmetall Defence. http://www.rheinmetall.ca/servlet/file?id=51. 
  4. "Qimek Fact Sheet". Rheinmetall Defence. http://www.rheinmetall.ca/servlet/file?id=55. 
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  15. "Enforcer II Remote Controlled Weapon System". selex-sas.com. http://www.selex-sas.com/EN/Common/files/SELEX_Galileo/Products/ENFORCER.pdf. 
  16. 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
  17. "ZSMU Kobuz". OBRSM. http://www.obr.tarnow.pl/pl/galeria/pages/KOBUZ%20ZSMU.html. 
  18. "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. 
  19. "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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