Remote Controlled Turret and Weapon Station of EVPU presented during IDET 2015 19051534

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IDET 2015
Official Online Show Daily News and Official Web TV
International Defence & Security Technologies Fair
19 - 21 May 2015
Brno, Czech Republic
 
 
EVPU Defence at IDET 2015
 
 
Remote Controlled Turret and Weapon Station of EVPU presented during IDET 2015
Established in 2001, Czech company EVPU Defence specializes in development, design and production of special fixed and mobile monitoring and surveillance systems. For several years now, EVPU Defence has been developping remote controlled turret and remote controlled weapon station. At IDET 2015, EVPU is showcasing the Turra 30 turret and the Gladius Mini weapon station.
     
Remote Controlled Turret and Weapon Station of EVPU presented during IDET 2015Turra 30 remote controlled turret presentend on EVPU Defence's booth at IDET 2015
     

Turra 30 is a remote controlled turret which is designed to be integrated on various types of wheeled or tracked armoured vehicle.

EVPU's Turra 30 turret consists first of a 30 mm main gun. Both Russian 2A42 30 mm gun or American Mk 44 Bushmaster II 30 mm gun, manufactured by Orbital ATK, can be used as main armament. Secondary armament first consists of PKT 7.62 mm or FN Minimi 7.62 mm machine guns. The Turra 30 can also be fitted with Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM), such as the Konkurs and the Spike. The 9M113 Konkurs is a SACLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile developed by Russia's Tula Machinery Design Bureau (Tula KBP). The Spike is an Israeli fourth generation man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charged HEAT warhead, developed and designed by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and in service with a number of nations.

The control system features control modes of turret, ballistic computation, system diagnostic and an operator/gunner post. The optoeletronic box is fitted with cooled IR camera, a laser range finder and a TV camera with zoom. The Turra 30 is protected with STANAG 4569/Level 1 level of protection.

At IDET 2015 exhibition, a Turra 30 turret can be seen mounted on a Rosomak 8x8 armoured vehicle or on a Sakal IFV model.
     
Remote Controlled Turret and Weapon Station of EVPU presented during IDET 2015Gladius Mini with a FN MAG 7.62mm machine gun presentend on EVPU Defence's booth at IDET 2015
     

Gladius Mini represent the lightest and most compact remote controlled weapon station in the world. Gyroscopic stabilization, night vision, low weight and built-in 5.56 mm or 7.62 mm machine gun, allows integration on variety of light vehicles. Gladius Mini represent solution for protection of vehicles in military or police forces.

System can be controlled by metallic cable or fiber optic cable. Two machine guns can be mounted on the Gladius Mini remote controlled station for now: the FN Minimi Mk3 5.56 mm machine gun and the FN MAG 7.62 mm machine gun. At IDET 2015, Gladius Mini is fitted with a FN MAG 7.62 mm machine gun.

Too see both Turra 30 and Gladius Mini, visit EVPU Defence's booth at IDET 2015, hall P, n°051.