Footage shows U.S. Soldiers training on Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station or CROWS, mounted on Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles and Humvees at training range.
The Common Remotely Operated Weapon Statio or CROWS is an externally mounted weapons control system that allows the gunner to operated from inside the vehicle with precision fire to the maximum effective range of the weapon while on the move or stationary.
Capable of target engagement under day and night conditions, the CROWS sensor suite includes a daytime video camera, thermal camera and laser rangefinder.
The CROWS is designed to mount on any tactical vehicle and supports the Mk 19 Automatic Grenade Launcher, M2 .50-caliber Machine Gun, M240B Machine Gun and M249 Machine Gun.
00:00 – gunnery range with M1126 Stryker
00:57 – a CROWS turret mounted on top of a Humvee
01:17 – preparing for a boresight alignment on a CROWS
01:32 – loading munitions
01:48 – gunnery
02:06 – the control group inside the Stryker
02:43 – end screen
Credits: U.S. Army videos by Songho Yun, Davide Dalla Massara, Cpl. Ryan Parr
Thumbnail Credit: U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger
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Derivative works: Military Archive
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