Crew-served weapon

File:US Navy 090421-N-5538K-041 Sailors prepare a 25mm crew-served weapon before a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).jpg

Sailors prepare a 25 mm crew-served weapon before a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex.

A crew-served weapon is any weapon system that is issued to a crew of two or more individuals performing the same or separate tasks to operate at maximum operational efficiency, as opposed to an individual-service weapon, which only requires one person to operate at maximum operational efficiency. The weight and bulk of the system often also necessitate multiple personnel for transportation.

Crew-served weapons operated by infantry include sniper rifles, anti-materiel rifles, machine guns, automatic grenade launchers, mortars, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, recoilless rifles, shoulder-launched missile weapons, and static anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.

See also

• Heavy weapons platoon

• Personal weapon and Small arms for weapons used by individuals
• List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces

External links

• Jane's Infantry Weapons

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