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vehicle-mounted Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged vehicle-mounted.

6 weapon systems

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Electronic Warfare

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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NSV, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsNSV12.7 mm heavy machine gunSide: Boko Haram and ISWAP / Russia / UkraineBuilt: Metallist JSC / West Kazakhstan Machine-Building Company / Soviet Union / KazakhstanThe NSV Utes is a Soviet 12.7x108 mm heavy machine gun designed by Nikitin, Sokolov, and Volkov as a lighter replacement for older heavy machine guns. It can be used from a tripod, vehicle mount, or remote station against light armor, firing points, personnel, and low-flying aerial targets; in recent conflicts it appears both in post-Soviet service during the Russia-Ukraine War and among truck-mounted heavy weapons recovered from ISWAP-linked forces in the Boko Haram Insurgency.
W85 heavy machine gun, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsW85 heavy machine gun12.7 mm heavy machine gunSide: Boko Haram and ISWAPBuilt: NORINCO / ChinaThe W85 is a Chinese 12.7x108 mm heavy machine gun associated with Norinco export channels and the QJC-88 vehicle-mounted variant. It is lighter than many older DShK-pattern heavy machine guns and can be used from tripod, pintle, or vehicle mounts. In the Boko Haram Insurgency, open-source reporting documents W-85 guns recovered from ISWAP-linked forces and describes the type as usually mounted on trucks for anti-personnel and anti-aircraft fire support.
BAR'ER vehicle-carried antitank missile system, Vehicle-carried anti-tank guided missile system, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsBAR'ER vehicle-carried antitank missile systemVehicle-carried anti-tank guided missile systemSide: UkraineBuilt: State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch / UkraineBAR'ER is a Ukrainian vehicle-carried anti-tank guided missile system from Luch that mounts on fighting-vehicle turrets and uses semi-automatic laser-beam guidance against armored vehicles, fortified positions, and low-signature aerial targets. The system has been documented in Ukrainian service during the Russia-Ukraine War, where it extends IFV and APC anti-armor firepower with a turret-mounted missile package.