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FN Herstal at IAV 2011 |
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Wednesday,
February 9, 2011, 4:00 PM |
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The
new FN Herstal remotely weapons station for light armoured
vehicle at IAV 2011.
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At
International Armoured Vehicles the Belgian Defence Company
FN Herstal presents its new range of remote-controlled weapon
station for light armoured vehicle, the deFNder Medium,
designed to be used with the heavy machine gun .50 and the
deFNder Light, designed to be used with machine-gun as FN
MAG 7.62 or Minimi 5.56 mm.
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Taking
advantage of its long-standing firearms expertise FN Herstal
designed and developped a complete new family of remote
weapon stations called deFNder.
deFNder Weapon Stations provide optimized remote firing
capability while keeping the operator completely under
armor protection in order to meet today's operational
requirements.
The deFNder Medium is the medium weight remote weapon
station of FN ROWS family. It can integrate all FN herstal
machine gun up to .50 caliber, including the exclusive
M3 machine gun, and is capable of extended elevation operation
angles. Various long-proven standard weapons can be fitted
onto deFNder Medium as the 5.56 Minimi, 7.62 Minimi, MAG
7.62 mm, M2HB .50 caliber, and 40mm grenade launcher.
A broad range of optics, ammo box capacity and control
handle can be installed to control the weapons station
according to the choice of the customer.
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The
deFNder system is the first in a series of such designs
and is easily mounted on vehicles or installed in a static
position to protect sensitive sites such as embassies, military
facilities and secured border environments. When the mission
requires bringing a high volume of accurate fire on target
while keeping the weapon operator safe and secure, the mission
calls for the new FN Light Remotely-operated Weapon Stations
(LRWS).
Based on reliable and state-of-the-art technologies, the
FN Herstal deFNder Light Remotely Operated Weapon Station
has been designed to be used for self-defense missions when
mounted onto light, medium or heavy vehicles, perimeter
defense missions (border control, protection of military
compounds, official buildings, etc.). |
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