Meet the CROWS: America's $190K Remote Weapon Station Gun
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
- The CROWS (Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station) is a weapon system developed by Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace in Norway. It is designed to allow soldiers to remotely operate a variety of weapons from inside a protected vehicle or structure.
The latest version of the CROWS system, known as the M153 CROWS II, has several improvements over earlier versions, including better optics, increased accuracy, and improved durability. It can be mounted on a variety of vehicles, including the Humvee and MRAPs (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles).
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00:00 Meet the CROWS Weapon Station
01:22 CROWS is somewhat on the Expensive Side
03:34 A Weapon-mounted Turret that Adapts to 4 Weapons
06:01 CROWS-J FGM-148 Javelin Anti-Tank
08:04 Sea PROTECTOR Mark 50
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Was a CROWS gunner in Afghanistan. I LOVED that machine cause it got me out of the turret and into an armored and air conditioned vehicle. The contractors that worked on them for us always gave me spare parts to keep my company rolling.
Sounds like a good gig
Me too. I’ve got vids on my channel.
I, the american taxpayer, do not want you in the turret.
The AC; thats a luxury and it makes me smile.
Used them in Afghan, but when I was driving around Baghdad and Mosul I preferred to be in the turret to hear and see everything close in with my mark I ear and eyeball combo. They are good in open areas, but challenged in close urban areas.
$190,000 vs an exposed soldier sounds like a VERY good deal.
My son was a Marine in Afghanistan…
His life is priceless.
But someone has to get out and refill the Ammo tho
Your son have killed more than four hundred thousand people in our country Afghanistan.
@@saimi139Did he get the tactical nuke?
@@healspringy6300 Why did they come to Afghanistan. Do you know why?
@@saimi139 Buying ice cream from the local
Wow! I am an UAV / autonomous spacecraft avionics engineer, and like love this type of tech. For future upgrade if I was on the CROW dev program I would add VR headset for the gunner in the vehicle and sound sensors outside of vehicle for him to pick up additional sounds and awareness. But will keep the LED screen for back up if VR headset fails and for gunner preference.
$190K is dirt cheap as far as a weapons system like this goes. Imagine how many insurance payouts for wounded or killed Vs how many vehicles see a gunner get wounded or killed. Now take into account effective increase of thermal and optics and computer assisted aiming plus additional moral to the unite attached to the vehicle. You’re probably saving $50K plus with every single one of these weapons.
To see the entire road blow up right in front of the vehicle only shows how important it is for the gunners to be inside and protected. 199K is cheap for kit that can save thousands of lives 👍🏻
In every war ever fought, the most difficult to replace piece of equipment is: The Trained Soldier. Keeping soldiers safe keeps the fighting going. It's easy to claim that the CROWS system is expensive, but what's the comparison to the cost of training a soldier? That cost must also include the time between being born and enlisting in the armed forces.
Two things: 1) The bucket to catch brass. Genius. 2) I am jealous of the modern gunner not because they are safer, but they get to sit in the ac/heat instead of the dust and the elements.
Had a CROWs on an M1114 in Iraq way back in 07-08. Probably much better versions now.
Wow...now that's real modularity that actually works. Cheap and adaptable.
Having the CROWS around is like having the Terminator with you on the battlefield.
I got to play with one a few years ago. I didn't expect it to feel like a video game. I could only imagine what it's like using one in combat.
I was a gunner on both tours in Iraq. I see the post and cons. To me.....I'd rather be up there especially in the city. You can Sense the environment better. At night I wouldn't mind using it. Never used the CROW. But there is somethings that technology can't replace. Again I'm not against or for it. Just my opinion from my experience as a gunner.
These have been around for a while. They’re fielding a new generation.
Fantastic weapons system! Used one in Iraq on my M1151 Up Armored. I love the thermal sight on the screen.
They should use VR for better FOV for the gunners
The glass, ie. Lens of the sensors are very vulnerable even for a simple projectiles. What happens if those glasses got broken?
CROWS is a force multiplier and was first deployed in Iraq in September 2008
I have videos on my channel from Afghanistan ‘9-10 with my CROWS.
A mini scissors lift could raise this setup several feet in the air and provide a higher vantage point to shoot and observe from while staying behind cover.
A couple of bad things about the CROWS: The feed belt tend to gum up, and a round or frag to it will require an exposed soldier to sort it out. Second, with a manned hatch the gunner can move their head faster than the turret can traverse. The gunner can be looking one way with his gun still trained in the direction of the activity. The gunner also often can direct fire from his advantage. I can see it being of great use in a dense urban area, with multiple units deployed. But nothing can replace the usefulness of a live eye on the gun.
Yeah, like you know.
Wait until the F35 helmet tech gets adapted to everyone. It'll allow these gunners to see through vehicle hulls like glass. Best of both worlds.
They would tear up the key on the wheel of the turret where it traverses. This would in the middle of a mission mean the gun would loose its ability to turn.
@@barrygoldwater2441 I would know. Intimately.
@@thesilverbullitt02 Sometimes before it would even leave the FOD. I remember seeing shavings on the lip of the mount, I don't know if it was aluminum geared or just crap steel. And the lube just collected sand and other crap.
America's $333K Badass Vehicle
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Amazing
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We need more of this.
we had a machine gunner die in a rollover in Iraq when a levy road gave way. It is a good thing to remove the troop from direct enemy fire.
the only time I ever saw someone die at my hand was through the lens of a CROW turret...
10/10, rock steady camera,
perfect bullet drop compensator,
can't recommend these enough
I got my CIB with a CROWS. You can see me use one on my channel. Where did you use yours?
Thank you Kongburg Norway!
Wish they had this when i was a vulcan gunner in 70's I was a living target
Thermal is also good to spot any camouflaged soldier during the day. I'm talking about the visual camouflage of course.
Yes, people stand out from the earth with thermal imaging. You can see me use this in combat on my channel.
I liked not being stuck inside the vehicle, and if you just keep moving constantly you are good, unless your turret motor breaks then you just get a great workout. There are better things to spend 180k on
Good thing those sensors are SUPER fragile. Knock your sensors out you can't even man the gun accurately. Love it. Great for ambushes though.
I wish I could put one of these on my house. You know, for the zombie apocalypse...
Flex your rights as much as possible.
Do you happen to live near the border? If so, I would love it if you had two of them on your roof.
Probably get it at Walmart in Texas
Maybe a semiautomatic version...
From a weapons development standpoint, I like this. However, it just escalates war even more. Also as history has proven many times, any weapon developed by anyone will eventually become available to your enemies and they will be used against you.
OIF 2007 50cal crow system gotta love those thermal sights. If you ain’t CAV! you ain’t shit!!
I was the first active duty assigned to fielding and maintaining the system for regular Army in Afghanistan in 2009. Soldiers loved it, saved many lives
I thought I heard one "JUMALAUTA" in that brief vehicle rollover scene at the start. That would be Finnish for something like "God help us" but said in an angry manner similar to how an American might say "God damn it". Was that video of Finns having a rollover?
It would be good if there is a rear view camera also..
The CROW turns the HMMWV into an armored car. The U.S. military last had armored cars in Vietnam.
These have been around for quite some time. It'll even tell you which direction fire is coming from.
I wonder if when the new soldiers are used to first person shooters they will switch the joystick for a computer mouse like control system
excuse me?
im very well used to fps games, never played once with a mouse,they chose joysticks for a reason, guess what? pcs being better doesn't mean everyone has one,in fact it means the exact opposite, the better something is the more expensive, many gamers are under18 and have little money, or their parents buy it for them, know what that means?
more people are used to joysticks and little buttons, vs a computer kbam setup which is entirely irrelevant to what kind of game someone plays.
i honestly can't figure out where your minds at with this, and idk if i want to.
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Fantastic weapon and thanks to all of you in the comments that served. Any chance you can mount a mini gun to it or would that not be feasible?
These vehicles could also have sized roll cages. SO if vehicle rolls, damage does not occur to valuables.
God bless all our brave veterans who I can't thank enough there's no words to express my appreciation for them all stay safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
With all of the attached guidance technology, I bet that is an extremely accurate weapon no matter what type/size rounds are feeding into it.
Can see it used in combat on my channel.
If you boresight it right yes it’s super accurate
it can hit a coin from 5km away
Like others have said, I used this system in Iraq in '05.
A ballistic dome to protect the gunner would be better…
Cool that when integrated with a boomerang I’m pretty sure these things could snap to a sniper or targets location automatically I’d imagine.
That's coming I'm sure, the robotic aimer. Soon the human will be somewhere in a Nevada desert, overseeing 100s of these platforms.
Not many Boomarangs out in the field anymore. THey were a very delicate system that got it's mics broken alot.
It's the license produced PROTECTOR RWS (Remote Weapons Station) of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of Norway.
Those lens are bulletproof , right ? Otherwise , those gonna be the one easy target from a far.
Whoever comes up with this weapons name deserves a raise
You can see me use one in combat on my channel.
When you can afford to buy one with your life savings but realize that you’ll have to mount it to your 2001 SAAB 9-3 Hatchback
Had one of the first ones…in Iraq.
The words protected vehicle and Humvee....
How do you clear a jam or reload? Seems like you have zero cover if you have to go up there.
A very sound concept.
does it reload itself as well? if not i guess crew still has to go outside.
well i suppose instead of a sniper targeting you,they'll target the lenses, if they can dome you, they can knock those out.
They need a helmet mounted optic the soldier can wear to move something like this. Give them an old Nintendo power glove and send them out on firewatch. They can engage with their carried weapon. Or engage with a turret to deal with an airborne threat. Granted the turret can deal with the ground namely in an outnumbered situation, probably a bit overkill to use against ground. Not a phalanx but a huge cannon like found on the AC130. An explosive bullet to prevent casualties like the phalanx but a little leaner on rpm. Modern flak cannon.
Was that a 9" flat-panel in the cabin for the gunner? Wouldn't a 4K curved OLED be better? Maybe an FPV visor? Anything for like $300 on Newegg.
Not likely to be an issue, but thermal can't see through glass.
Night vision sees through glass, but does poorly with atmospheric obscurants like smoke and dust.
Most reading this would probably know this already.
Just thought I'd point this out.
Thanks, Sam
My only question is how safely and quickly can you reload that thing?
Probably a very rare issue. Looks very efficient in the videos. They're mobile, can drive away or seek temporary cover to have someone fix it. Wouldn't take long. What would help is to have a pop-up solid shield for the top of the vehicle for someone to get out and get up there while behind decent cover. Perhaps switch-triggered by the gunner, for instance.
you have to get out and load it from the top.... so you better hope you have some cover or don't blow all your ammo.
simple answer you can't reload under enemy fire, you either hide and find the safe environment first or retreat
Not a fan of how someone has to climb on top to reload another Javelin missile on it - looks both awkward and exposed, but adds to its firepower for sure. I assume that the CROWS camera system doubles as a CLU or is a CLU added to it for Javelin capability? 🧐
It has so many advantages but I'm just wondering if the lenses of those Cameras for targeting, what if it will get hit by a normal bullet? Will it withstand the attack or not?
You should feature the much more populare Norwegian Protector RWS system. 18000 systems sold to the US armed forces alone.
Curious - how would it work against hidden bombs that splashes tar onto the camera in a city combat scenario?
Now youre thinking!!!!
This sounds impressive until the gun jams, or you run out of ammo. I'd like to know what you do under these 2 scenarios. All the while being under fire.
You clear said malfunction or reload and then continue mission as you normally would, this system is no where near new the crow is a little newer than the rws
@@adronjackson2185 as I stipulated under fire and there is no shielding around the platform. You would go up there and get shot. Then what?
Righttttt, because it won't jam or run out of ammo if you have a gunner exposed on the turret. 🙄This new generation really is getting dumber.
@@7someone what are you talking about? Yes in combat your weapon system might go down and you might have to briefly expose yourself to bring it back up. That's the case with any vehicle mounted weapon system that's why you train to do it fast, put it to you this way would you rather be exposed to the 30 to 60 seconds? It would take you to pop up out of the turret reload the weapon and or clear a jam or be exposed the whole time you're operating the system?
You can see me use it in Afghanistan on my channel.
Seen this system in Iraq from 2006 thru 2009
I’m not an engineer, but I got an idea how to make this thing even more deadly. What if you had one turret on top of another turret each turret acting independently. The top turret would have the 50 Cal or the M-60
, the bottom turret just below acting independently would have, the grenade launcher. For this, you might need two operators, one utilizing the grenade launcher, and the other one utilizing the large caliber weapon that would be interesting. If I’m not mistaken, Russia might have something similar. I believe they call it the Terminator but I don’t know if it has independent turrets. But supposedly, and this is a big supposedly because Russia tends to lie a lot and we’ve noticed that about their weapons true specifications, but they claim that it has three weapon systems that act independently and can target three different targets at the same time.
Stacking two turrets is less effective than you might think. It adds extra complexity, cost, weight and height to the system. If you need two guns on a turret, they mount them side by side. As you suggested, two turrets might require two operators which is not ideal. The more complex a system, the more that can go wrong. Something like this existed on the M60A1 tank and the commanders cupola was not popular with crews.
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@@carldrogo9492 just people talking to one another
@@carldrogo9492 it's a good idea but he has no idea how much more complex, complicated and unreliable that would be in real life.
That system exist but the AGL is coaxial.
I literally lived on a helicopter day and night to support the Soldiers down range with the CROWS
Can i attach the ring camera to this for home defense?
Very Impressive, this should have been done sooner, IMO, I recently saw an M2 with a much higher cyclic rate, this would be a nice addition, and for a serious SAW, IMO, the MG-42, with a Cyclic rate of 1,500 rounds per minute, and it's spitting out 7.92x57 if I'm not mistaken, would be the 8mm Mauser, Excellent Video as always, Thank You Sam and everyone at U.S Military News. 👍🇺🇲
You can see me use this in Afghanistan in ‘9-10 on my channel. It’s not new at all.
Considering how expensive weapon systems are nowadays, $190,000 is cheap.
Crows are cool to work with the pros outweigh the cons
Why haven't we had these for years In a basic analog form running on pretty much a carburetor linkage setup sort of. Maybe a basic CMOS camera unit as sights .low cost. Bicycle brake cables etc Maybe build a cheapo miniature of it in 5.56 ?
We had something like this in Ramadi.
Good system 👏 👌 👍
Never realized we had this. Very cool!
You can see me use one back in ‘9-10 in Afghanistan on my channel.
Is you've been in the military you should, it's old
Very nice. But can it fit on a 2016 Toyota Highlander luggage rack ? 😎
Oh my....nice to bring up some "new" tech that's been around for the last 15 years or so...
Perfect for home defense
This is great. One thing though. A sniper can take out the optics and the vehicle is left defenseless. The vehicle needs multiple camers that cover 360° Think much smaller cameras that makes it harder to identify.
*Theyre probly the most happiest that they don’t have to be in the hot sun anymore.*
Will it mount on a 2019 Toyota Sienna? I have e sunroof
Imagine the person introduce Crows like Iphone does.
You can build a similar one operating on a belt fed m4 or drum fed for ~10-20k depending on how good of a camera you want .
No armor though but that’s an easy add on
How often does it jam? The system is much safer, but soldiers and marines must still expose themselves to fix jams and other issues such as reloading.
That goes for about anything on a vehicle from the wheels, engine or even exhaust.
@@bighands69 You are not wrong. Faulty rounds and mechanical problems happen frequently and often require fixing on the go.
I used this system in Iraq 06-07 Balad
So instead of sniping the turret gunner, you just have to wreck the camera?
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Rpg to humve
1:13 bro, you used metric system ! Nice
I swear I heard your voice on WATOP's channel
Really good
If soundwave and torchlight matters in creating positioning, to imagine eclipse light like eclipse of sun can blind or ruin eyes, as weapon about soundwave especially if have voltage in the air can push people must be an unknown strength like targets that experience v.i.b.e-s.
do they have a civilian version of the jltv
Pretty cool but seems like a more broad and immediate situational awareness would be much diminished when looking at such a tiny FOV on the screen. Pros and cons.
why so complicated? a simple periscope attached with steelwires and gear wheels and cranks instead to make a thing this expensive and difficult to maintain ... you see how stuff turns more basic in a real war, and a price of 190k each is way to expensive ... you can get the same sh*t when you make it with basic stuff like i said for maximum 10k ...
It is a precision system not a periscope based gun.
Produced and developed by Kongsberg in Norway.
Recommend mouse and keyboard as a controller
Americans love our military.
like a Brazilian REMAX turret.
I am a CROWS gunner, and surveillance capabilities of the system cannot be over-stated. The only bad time is when you have a malfunction in your weapon...
Even though you posted this 2 months ago...I have a question... in combat fire goes both ways... what are you to do if your cameras are hit? do you just not have a weapons system after that?
@@gsmith4295 well CROWS have several different cameras for day and night use if the day time camera is hit you can technically switch to thermal and still be combat effective. And if the system goes down as a whole you can still dip out of the battle. I would rather CROWS get hit then open turret gunner gets hit in the face.
@@240pixel thanks. Good to know there is a backup way to stay in the fight. When I was in, nothing like that existed and we didn't have the armor turrets either
It’s when you reload is when it becomes a problem