Remote controlled weapon station

A remote controlled weapon station (RCWS), remotely operated weapon system (ROWS), or remote weapon system (RWS), is a remotely operated light or medium-caliber weapon system, often equipped with a fire-control system, that can be installed on a ground combat vehicle or sea- and air-based combat platform.

[1] Such equipment is used on modern military vehicles, as it allows a gunner to remain in the relative protection of the vehicle.

It may be retrofitted onto existing vehicles, for example, the CROWS system is being fitted to American Humvees.

Media related to Remote weapon systems at Wikimedia Commons

A Kongsberg / Thales Protector M151 with an M2 heavy machine gun on a M1126 Stryker
The operator screen of a RWS installed on U.S. Army Stryker
A heavy FLW 200 made by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for the German Army
A light remote weapon system made by OTO Melara Iberica
A Sea Rogue fitted with a 12.7 mm machine gun mounted on a Valour class frigate of the South African Navy