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  2. CROWS - Wikipedia

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    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. The system is composed of two parts: the mount which is fixed to the exterior of the vehicle and the control group.

  3. United States Army Armor School - Wikipedia

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    ** advanced universal gunnery methodologies, ** gunnery training with a focus on vehicle mounted machine gun weapons systems, ** planning and implementation of gunnery training programs. MGCC is taught in 27 days in four modules: [16] Direct fire and weapons training; Ammunition and ballistics; Gunnery training management; Unit training plan

  4. M2 Browning - Wikipedia

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    The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") [13] [14] is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning. While similar to Browning's M1919 Browning machine gun , which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge, the M2 uses Browning's larger and more powerful .50 BMG (12.7 mm ...

  5. List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces

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    This list contains weapons that are classified as crew-served, as the term is used in the United States military.. While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case of both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles.

  6. LAV-25 - Wikipedia

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    The multi-canister launcher (MCL) mounted on the LAV-M can hold eight munitions. [30] LAV-R (Recovery) LAV fitted with a boom crane, and recovery winch, for use in recovery of vehicles, specifically other LAVs. It is armed with a pintle-mounted M240E1/G machine gun, and carries 1,000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition. LAV-C2 (Command & Control)

  7. Weapon mount - Wikipedia

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    Maxim gun mount type PS-31 from pillbox No. 186 of the Kiev Fortified Region. The mount includes elements of the machine gun cooling system. A swing mount is a fixed mount that allows a far greater and more flexible arc of fire than the simple pintle mount system. Utilising a system of one or two articulated arms the gunner can swing the weapon ...

  8. Gun turret - Wikipedia

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    The rear turret mounted the heaviest armament: four 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns or, late in the war, two AN/M2 light-barrel versions of the US Browning M2 machine gun as in the Rose-Rice turret. The tail gunner or "Tail End Charlie" position was generally accepted to be the most dangerous assignment.

  9. List of U.S. aircraft gun pods - Wikipedia

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    XM14 Gun Pod. A pod developed for both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, fitted with a single M3.50 caliber machine gun. [3] The pod carried 750 rounds of ammunition and provided a pneumatic charging system for the weapon. [5] This system was used on the JOV-1A and UH-1 series of helicopters. [6] [7]