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crew-served Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged crew-served.

7 weapon systems

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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DShK, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsDShK12.7 mm heavy machine gunSide: Ukraine / Hamas / Houthi-aligned forces / Yemeni government and coalition forces / Boko Haram and ISWAP / Government of National Accord / Malian state and jihadist armed groups / Rapid Support Forces / Sudanese Armed Forces / Iraqi government and coalition forces / Islamic State / Taliban and coalition-supported Afghan forcesBuilt: Tula Ordnance Factory / Soviet state arsenals / Soviet UnionThe DShK is a Soviet 12.7 mm heavy machine gun designed by Vasily Degtyaryov and refined with Georgy Shpagin's belt-feed system. Built for anti-aircraft, anti-vehicle, and infantry support roles, the weapon remains relevant in Ukraine because inherited DShK and DShKM guns can be adapted for trench support or mounted in mobile air-defense teams against slow Russian drones, and Hamas imagery from the Israel-Hamas War shows a pickup-mounted DShK during the October 7 attack on Israel.
Zastava M02 Coyote, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsZastava M02 Coyote12.7 mm heavy machine gunSide: Boko Haram and ISWAP / Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Zastava Arms / SerbiaThe Zastava M02 Coyote is a Serbian 12.7 mm heavy machine gun derived from Zastava's M87/NSV-pattern weapon and mounted on a tripod for crew-served long-range fire. In the Yemen Civil War, Amnesty International documented Serbian-made M02 Coyote guns among weapons used by UAE-allied militias in Hodeidah, linking the system to coalition-aligned ground forces rather than regular Serbian service.
QLZ-87 automatic grenade launcher, 35 mm automatic grenade launcher, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsQLZ-87 automatic grenade launcher35 mm automatic grenade launcherSide: Boko Haram and ISWAPBuilt: NORINCO / ChinaThe QLZ-87 is a Chinese 35x32 mm automatic grenade launcher built for unusually portable infantry fire support, with light bipod and heavier tripod configurations. In the Boko Haram Insurgency, Small Arms Survey documented one QLZ-87 among materiel captured by Boko Haram during the 2016 Bosso military camp attack in Niger, making the evidence strongest for battlefield capture rather than sustained use.
Machine gun, Automatic small arm / crew-served firearm, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsMachine gunAutomatic small arm / crew-served firearmSide: FARC dissident groups / HezbollahBuilt: Multiple manufacturers / Multiple countriesMachine guns are automatic small arms built for sustained rapid fire, ranging from light squad automatic weapons to medium, general-purpose, and heavy crew-served guns. This catalog entry is intentionally broad and tracks directly sourced machine-gun use or recovery in the Colombian FARC Dissident Conflict and the post-October 2023 Israel-Hezbollah fighting.
UAG-40 automatic grenade launcher, Belt-fed 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsUAG-40 automatic grenade launcherBelt-fed 40 mm automatic grenade launcherSide: Boko Haram and ISWAPBuilt: Kuznya na Rybalskomu / UkraineThe UAG-40 is a Ukrainian belt-fed automatic grenade launcher chambered for 40 x 53SR mm high-velocity ammunition. Developed and manufactured by Kuznya na Rybalskomu, it emphasizes low weight for a crew-served launcher and was documented in the Boko Haram Insurgency when Boko Haram displayed a captured example after an April 2016 ambush in Nigeria.
.50-caliber / 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun, Crew-served heavy machine gun, Infantry WeaponsInfantry Weapons.50-caliber / 12.7mm Heavy Machine GunCrew-served heavy machine gunSide: Philippine government forces / Boko Haram and ISWAP / United States and Afghan government forcesBuilt: Various manufacturers / FN America / FN Herstal / United States, Belgium, and other licensed production countries.50-caliber and 12.7 mm heavy machine guns give infantry, vehicle crews, and security forces longer-range automatic fire than rifle-caliber machine guns. The best-known Western example is the M2 Browning family, a belt-fed, recoil-operated heavy machine gun used from ground mounts, vehicles, boats, and aircraft mounts. In the Battle of Marawi, Philippine reporting documents a caliber 50 heavy machine gun used by government forces for suppressive fire during urban fighting, while Nigerian reporting from the Boko Haram Insurgency documents a .50 inch Browning machine gun recovered from Boko Haram terrorists at Gombi in 2015.
.30-Caliber Machine Gun, Crew-served medium machine gun, Infantry WeaponsInfantry Weapons.30-Caliber Machine GunCrew-served medium machine gunSide: IS-aligned militantsBuilt: Unknown / Various manufacturers / Unknown for the Marawi-recovered weapon; representative Browning M1919-family guns were built in the United States and allied production linesThe .30-caliber machine gun entry covers a model-unspecified crew-served automatic weapon recovered after the Battle of Marawi. Philippine reporting documented one such gun among weapons cleared from Marawi's former Main Battle Area and attributed recovered armaments there to Daesh-inspired Maute militants, while the public sources did not identify whether it was a Browning M1919-family weapon or another .30-caliber pattern.