Meet the CROWS: America's $190K Remote Weapon Station Gun

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The CROWS (Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station) is a weapon system developed by Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace in Norway. It is designed to allow soldiers to remotely operate a variety of weapons from inside a protected vehicle or structure.
The latest version of the CROWS system, known as the M153 CROWS II, has several improvements over earlier versions, including better optics, increased accuracy, and improved durability. It can be mounted on a variety of vehicles, including the Humvee and MRAPs (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles).
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Meet the CROWS Weapon Station
01:22 CROWS is somewhat on the Expensive Side
03:34 A Weapon-mounted Turret that Adapts to 4 Weapons
06:01 CROWS-J FGM-148 Javelin Anti-Tank
08:04 Sea PROTECTOR Mark 50
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@Wloo56 Год назад

Was a CROWS gunner in Afghanistan. I LOVED that machine cause it got me out of the turret and into an armored and air conditioned vehicle. The contractors that worked on them for us always gave me spare parts to keep my company rolling.

@FarmerDrew Год назад

Sounds like a good gig

@udonenomee2117 Год назад

Me too. I’ve got vids on my channel.

@SuPeReZ23 Год назад

I, the american taxpayer, do not want you in the turret. The AC; thats a luxury and it makes me smile.

@Lafly84 Год назад

Used them in Afghan, but when I was driving around Baghdad and Mosul I preferred to be in the turret to hear and see everything close in with my mark I ear and eyeball combo. They are good in open areas, but challenged in close urban areas.

@flyonbyya Год назад

$190,000 vs an exposed soldier sounds like a VERY good deal. My son was a Marine in Afghanistan… His life is priceless.

@kani6855 Год назад

But someone has to get out and refill the Ammo tho

@saimi139 5 месяцев назад

Your son have killed more than four hundred thousand people in our country Afghanistan.

@healspringy6300 5 месяцев назад

@@saimi139Did he get the tactical nuke?

@saimi139 5 месяцев назад

@@healspringy6300 Why did they come to Afghanistan. Do you know why?

@healspringy6300 5 месяцев назад

@@saimi139 Buying ice cream from the local

@mlrhymes Год назад

Wow! I am an UAV / autonomous spacecraft avionics engineer, and like love this type of tech. For future upgrade if I was on the CROW dev program I would add VR headset for the gunner in the vehicle and sound sensors outside of vehicle for him to pick up additional sounds and awareness. But will keep the LED screen for back up if VR headset fails and for gunner preference.

@USMilitary_News Год назад

America's $333K Badass Vehicle ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_1evNLjKTcc.html

@yzzxxvv Год назад

Amazing

@user-gg2ix8tw4y 9 месяцев назад

India & USA Joint Partnership Development M134 Minigun / M197 Electric Cannon Gun/ GAU 22 A Catling Gun,GAU 19 Machine Gun,GAU 12 Equalizer,GAU 8 Avemger,M61 Vulcan

@tshavfengvang7831 Год назад

Having the CROWS around is like having the Terminator with you on the battlefield.

@armandoanderson3536 Год назад

Wow...now that's real modularity that actually works. Cheap and adaptable.

@joenisnapje712 Год назад

To see the entire road blow up right in front of the vehicle only shows how important it is for the gunners to be inside and protected. 199K is cheap for kit that can save thousands of lives 👍🏻

@frccustomguns7859 Год назад

Had a CROWs on an M1114 in Iraq way back in 07-08. Probably much better versions now.

@stevenmackey582 Год назад

$190K is dirt cheap as far as a weapons system like this goes. Imagine how many insurance payouts for wounded or killed Vs how many vehicles see a gunner get wounded or killed. Now take into account effective increase of thermal and optics and computer assisted aiming plus additional moral to the unite attached to the vehicle. You’re probably saving $50K plus with every single one of these weapons.

@andygreer8636 Год назад

These have been around for a while. They’re fielding a new generation.

@karlostj4683 Год назад

In every war ever fought, the most difficult to replace piece of equipment is: The Trained Soldier. Keeping soldiers safe keeps the fighting going. It's easy to claim that the CROWS system is expensive, but what's the comparison to the cost of training a soldier? That cost must also include the time between being born and enlisting in the armed forces.

@matthewatteberry8711 Год назад

Two things: 1) The bucket to catch brass. Genius. 2) I am jealous of the modern gunner not because they are safer, but they get to sit in the ac/heat instead of the dust and the elements.

@abelramirez7320 Год назад

I got to play with one a few years ago. I didn't expect it to feel like a video game. I could only imagine what it's like using one in combat.

@reddevilparatrooper Год назад

Fantastic weapons system! Used one in Iraq on my M1151 Up Armored. I love the thermal sight on the screen.

@zaldymacayan3048 Год назад

The glass, ie. Lens of the sensors are very vulnerable even for a simple projectiles. What happens if those glasses got broken?

@Angles007 Год назад

We need more of this.

@moerow8215 Год назад

A mini scissors lift could raise this setup several feet in the air and provide a higher vantage point to shoot and observe from while staying behind cover.

@charlesfugitt1829 Год назад

I was a gunner on both tours in Iraq. I see the post and cons. To me.....I'd rather be up there especially in the city. You can Sense the environment better. At night I wouldn't mind using it. Never used the CROW. But there is somethings that technology can't replace. Again I'm not against or for it. Just my opinion from my experience as a gunner.

@erens-basement Год назад

They should use VR for better FOV for the gunners

@somethingelse4878 Год назад

CROWS is a force multiplier and was first deployed in Iraq in September 2008

@udonenomee2117 Год назад

I have videos on my channel from Afghanistan ‘9-10 with my CROWS.

@CausticLemons7 Год назад

I wish I could put one of these on my house. You know, for the zombie apocalypse...

@DannyMancheno Год назад

Flex your rights as much as possible.

@DroneStrike1776 Год назад

Do you happen to live near the border? If so, I would love it if you had two of them on your roof.

@andrewbevan4662 Год назад

Probably get it at Walmart in Texas

@Dr.Pepperdave Год назад

Maybe a semiautomatic version...

@showcasebrix8740 Год назад

I wonder if when the new soldiers are used to first person shooters they will switch the joystick for a computer mouse like control system

@bloodlove93 Год назад

excuse me? im very well used to fps games, never played once with a mouse,they chose joysticks for a reason, guess what? pcs being better doesn't mean everyone has one,in fact it means the exact opposite, the better something is the more expensive, many gamers are under18 and have little money, or their parents buy it for them, know what that means? more people are used to joysticks and little buttons, vs a computer kbam setup which is entirely irrelevant to what kind of game someone plays. i honestly can't figure out where your minds at with this, and idk if i want to.

@stuartfountain9929 9 месяцев назад

Thank you Kongburg Norway!

@prestonbrown5771 Год назад

Wish they had this when i was a vulcan gunner in 70's I was a living target

@mangrumpyold1871 Год назад

we had a machine gunner die in a rollover in Iraq when a levy road gave way. It is a good thing to remove the troop from direct enemy fire.

@imtoooldforthisstuff Год назад

A couple of bad things about the CROWS: The feed belt tend to gum up, and a round or frag to it will require an exposed soldier to sort it out. Second, with a manned hatch the gunner can move their head faster than the turret can traverse. The gunner can be looking one way with his gun still trained in the direction of the activity. The gunner also often can direct fire from his advantage. I can see it being of great use in a dense urban area, with multiple units deployed. But nothing can replace the usefulness of a live eye on the gun.

@barrygoldwater2441 Год назад

Yeah, like you know.

@anonypersona3189 Год назад

Wait until the F35 helmet tech gets adapted to everyone. It'll allow these gunners to see through vehicle hulls like glass. Best of both worlds.

@thesilverbullitt02 Год назад

They would tear up the key on the wheel of the turret where it traverses. This would in the middle of a mission mean the gun would loose its ability to turn.

@imtoooldforthisstuff Год назад

@@barrygoldwater2441 I would know. Intimately.

@imtoooldforthisstuff Год назад

@@thesilverbullitt02 Sometimes before it would even leave the FOD. I remember seeing shavings on the lip of the mount, I don't know if it was aluminum geared or just crap steel. And the lube just collected sand and other crap.

@moshunit96 Год назад

These have been around for quite some time. It'll even tell you which direction fire is coming from.

@davidoberle9023 Год назад

Good thing those sensors are SUPER fragile. Knock your sensors out you can't even man the gun accurately. Love it. Great for ambushes though.

@mikharju Год назад

I thought I heard one "JUMALAUTA" in that brief vehicle rollover scene at the start. That would be Finnish for something like "God help us" but said in an angry manner similar to how an American might say "God damn it". Was that video of Finns having a rollover?

@ID-8491 Год назад

Thermal is also good to spot any camouflaged soldier during the day. I'm talking about the visual camouflage of course.

@udonenomee2117 Год назад

Yes, people stand out from the earth with thermal imaging. You can see me use this in combat on my channel.

@bloodlove93 Год назад

does it reload itself as well? if not i guess crew still has to go outside. well i suppose instead of a sniper targeting you,they'll target the lenses, if they can dome you, they can knock those out.

@lingth Год назад

It would be good if there is a rear view camera also..

@Evidence11007VV Год назад

These vehicles could also have sized roll cages. SO if vehicle rolls, damage does not occur to valuables.

@kg7373 Год назад

OIF 2007 50cal crow system gotta love those thermal sights. If you ain’t CAV! you ain’t shit!!

@jeffyoung60 Год назад

The CROW turns the HMMWV into an armored car. The U.S. military last had armored cars in Vietnam.

@CapitanGreenhat Год назад

I liked not being stuck inside the vehicle, and if you just keep moving constantly you are good, unless your turret motor breaks then you just get a great workout. There are better things to spend 180k on

@andrejones7280 Год назад

I was the first active duty assigned to fielding and maintaining the system for regular Army in Afghanistan in 2009. Soldiers loved it, saved many lives

@gabrielpetersen8528 Год назад

Cool that when integrated with a boomerang I’m pretty sure these things could snap to a sniper or targets location automatically I’d imagine.

@raylopez99 Год назад

That's coming I'm sure, the robotic aimer. Soon the human will be somewhere in a Nevada desert, overseeing 100s of these platforms.

@danorsemen3 Год назад

Not many Boomarangs out in the field anymore. THey were a very delicate system that got it's mics broken alot.

@Davethreshold Год назад

With all of the attached guidance technology, I bet that is an extremely accurate weapon no matter what type/size rounds are feeding into it.

@udonenomee2117 Год назад

Can see it used in combat on my channel.

@m00photo92 Год назад

If you boresight it right yes it’s super accurate

@mathiastonby 4 месяца назад

it can hit a coin from 5km away

@alextaylor29 Год назад

Fantastic weapon and thanks to all of you in the comments that served. Any chance you can mount a mini gun to it or would that not be feasible?

@KC_Smooth Год назад

My only question is how safely and quickly can you reload that thing?

@jmr1068204 Год назад

Probably a very rare issue. Looks very efficient in the videos. They're mobile, can drive away or seek temporary cover to have someone fix it. Wouldn't take long. What would help is to have a pop-up solid shield for the top of the vehicle for someone to get out and get up there while behind decent cover. Perhaps switch-triggered by the gunner, for instance.

@kennethmesgleski8642 Год назад

you have to get out and load it from the top.... so you better hope you have some cover or don't blow all your ammo.

@jehamoonsoon2847 Год назад

simple answer you can't reload under enemy fire, you either hide and find the safe environment first or retreat

@dennistucker1153 Год назад

From a weapons development standpoint, I like this. However, it just escalates war even more. Also as history has proven many times, any weapon developed by anyone will eventually become available to your enemies and they will be used against you.

@iwontbebeat7111 Год назад

Those lens are bulletproof , right ? Otherwise , those gonna be the one easy target from a far.

@chrisandrews414 Год назад

the only time I ever saw someone die at my hand was through the lens of a CROW turret... 10/10, rock steady camera, perfect bullet drop compensator, can't recommend these enough

@udonenomee2117 Год назад

I got my CIB with a CROWS. You can see me use one on my channel. Where did you use yours?

@rogersmith7194 Год назад

A ballistic dome to protect the gunner would be better…

@tommyt4259 Год назад

How do you clear a jam or reload? Seems like you have zero cover if you have to go up there.

@KingofLaundry 3 дня назад

Imagine how I feel. I own three military HMMWV's and two belt fed machine guns. Get my drift?

@dtrapbai9030 Год назад

A very sound concept.

@wvt5825 Год назад

(6:02) CROWS-J👍

@codfusilli5879 Год назад

It's the license produced PROTECTOR RWS (Remote Weapons Station) of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of Norway.

@katz784 Год назад

Curious - how would it work against hidden bombs that splashes tar onto the camera in a city combat scenario?

@tomreid5002 Год назад

Now youre thinking!!!!

@DOI_ARTS Год назад

Whoever comes up with this weapons name deserves a raise

@udonenomee2117 Год назад

You can see me use one in combat on my channel.

@CP-jt6bw Год назад

The words protected vehicle and Humvee....

@dylanogden3075 Год назад

God bless all our brave veterans who I can't thank enough there's no words to express my appreciation for them all stay safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@CantonSecurity Год назад

When you can afford to buy one with your life savings but realize that you’ll have to mount it to your 2001 SAAB 9-3 Hatchback

@AppliedCryogenics Год назад

Was that a 9" flat-panel in the cabin for the gunner? Wouldn't a 4K curved OLED be better? Maybe an FPV visor? Anything for like $300 on Newegg.

@gtitboij2586 Год назад

Crows are cool to work with the pros outweigh the cons

@michaelfitzgerald434 Год назад

Never realized we had this. Very cool!

@udonenomee2117 Год назад

You can see me use one back in ‘9-10 in Afghanistan on my channel.

@screamingeagle11b Год назад

Is you've been in the military you should, it's old

@DFHellscare Год назад

They need a helmet mounted optic the soldier can wear to move something like this. Give them an old Nintendo power glove and send them out on firewatch. They can engage with their carried weapon. Or engage with a turret to deal with an airborne threat. Granted the turret can deal with the ground namely in an outnumbered situation, probably a bit overkill to use against ground. Not a phalanx but a huge cannon like found on the AC130. An explosive bullet to prevent casualties like the phalanx but a little leaner on rpm. Modern flak cannon.

@johnfidel187 Год назад

*Theyre probly the most happiest that they don’t have to be in the hot sun anymore.*

@oldenslo4141 Год назад

Thanks, Sam

@dustinandrews3223 Год назад

Like others have said, I used this system in Iraq in '05.

@7someone Год назад

This sounds impressive until the gun jams, or you run out of ammo. I'd like to know what you do under these 2 scenarios. All the while being under fire.

@adronjackson2185 Год назад

You clear said malfunction or reload and then continue mission as you normally would, this system is no where near new the crow is a little newer than the rws

@7someone Год назад

@@adronjackson2185 as I stipulated under fire and there is no shielding around the platform. You would go up there and get shot. Then what?

@DroneStrike1776 Год назад

Righttttt, because it won't jam or run out of ammo if you have a gunner exposed on the turret. 🙄This new generation really is getting dumber.

@adronjackson2185 Год назад

@@7someone what are you talking about? Yes in combat your weapon system might go down and you might have to briefly expose yourself to bring it back up. That's the case with any vehicle mounted weapon system that's why you train to do it fast, put it to you this way would you rather be exposed to the 30 to 60 seconds? It would take you to pop up out of the turret reload the weapon and or clear a jam or be exposed the whole time you're operating the system?

@udonenomee2117 Год назад

You can see me use it in Afghanistan on my channel.

@narayankulkarni5378 Год назад

Good system 👏 👌 👍

@CraigJukes Год назад

Oh my....nice to bring up some "new" tech that's been around for the last 15 years or so...

@Sopheap954 Год назад

Really good

@alha5275 Год назад

Can i attach the ring camera to this for home defense?

@Im-sure Год назад

Had one of the first ones…in Iraq.

@andrejones7280 Год назад

I literally lived on a helicopter day and night to support the Soldiers down range with the CROWS

@arieltraasdahl-xh6ri Год назад

Not likely to be an issue, but thermal can't see through glass. Night vision sees through glass, but does poorly with atmospheric obscurants like smoke and dust. Most reading this would probably know this already. Just thought I'd point this out.

@fransfranco2148 5 месяцев назад

It has so many advantages but I'm just wondering if the lenses of those Cameras for targeting, what if it will get hit by a normal bullet? Will it withstand the attack or not?

@KingKong_CH 3 месяца назад

Perfect for home defense

@userGGG702 Год назад

Imagine the person introduce Crows like Iphone does.

@philshyu5248 Год назад

Not a fan of how someone has to climb on top to reload another Javelin missile on it - looks both awkward and exposed, but adds to its firepower for sure. I assume that the CROWS camera system doubles as a CLU or is a CLU added to it for Javelin capability? 🧐

@Cta2006 27 дней назад

You should feature the much more populare Norwegian Protector RWS system. 18000 systems sold to the US armed forces alone.

@SL-ed4vg Год назад

Considering how expensive weapon systems are nowadays, $190,000 is cheap.

@andyr8812 Год назад

Produced and developed by Kongsberg in Norway.

@scottshanklin5533 Год назад

Seen this system in Iraq from 2006 thru 2009

@seedeangelo 2 месяца назад

You can build a similar one operating on a belt fed m4 or drum fed for ~10-20k depending on how good of a camera you want .

@seedeangelo 2 месяца назад

No armor though but that’s an easy add on

@razony Год назад

This is great. One thing though. A sniper can take out the optics and the vehicle is left defenseless. The vehicle needs multiple camers that cover 360° Think much smaller cameras that makes it harder to identify.

@josephpacchetti5997 Год назад

Very Impressive, this should have been done sooner, IMO, I recently saw an M2 with a much higher cyclic rate, this would be a nice addition, and for a serious SAW, IMO, the MG-42, with a Cyclic rate of 1,500 rounds per minute, and it's spitting out 7.92x57 if I'm not mistaken, would be the 8mm Mauser, Excellent Video as always, Thank You Sam and everyone at U.S Military News. 👍🇺🇲

@udonenomee2117 Год назад

You can see me use this in Afghanistan in ‘9-10 on my channel. It’s not new at all.

@infantryman116 Год назад

I used this system in Iraq 06-07 Balad

@agoogleaccount2861 Год назад

Why haven't we had these for years In a basic analog form running on pretty much a carburetor linkage setup sort of. Maybe a basic CMOS camera unit as sights .low cost. Bicycle brake cables etc Maybe build a cheapo miniature of it in 5.56 ?

@johnnyrocket1320 Год назад

Very nice. But can it fit on a 2016 Toyota Highlander luggage rack ? 😎

@ownage11445 Год назад

It’s when you reload is when it becomes a problem

@jdymes101 10 месяцев назад

We had something like this in Ramadi.

@vkpskulls Год назад

Will it mount on a 2019 Toyota Sienna? I have e sunroof

@007diego2 Год назад

I’m not an engineer, but I got an idea how to make this thing even more deadly. What if you had one turret on top of another turret each turret acting independently. The top turret would have the 50 Cal or the M-60 , the bottom turret just below acting independently would have, the grenade launcher. For this, you might need two operators, one utilizing the grenade launcher, and the other one utilizing the large caliber weapon that would be interesting. If I’m not mistaken, Russia might have something similar. I believe they call it the Terminator but I don’t know if it has independent turrets. But supposedly, and this is a big supposedly because Russia tends to lie a lot and we’ve noticed that about their weapons true specifications, but they claim that it has three weapon systems that act independently and can target three different targets at the same time.

@MrDDiRusso Год назад

Stacking two turrets is less effective than you might think. It adds extra complexity, cost, weight and height to the system. If you need two guns on a turret, they mount them side by side. As you suggested, two turrets might require two operators which is not ideal. The more complex a system, the more that can go wrong. Something like this existed on the M60A1 tank and the commanders cupola was not popular with crews.

@carldrogo9492 Год назад

Internet Experts. 🤦‍♂️

@007diego2 Год назад

@@carldrogo9492 just people talking to one another

@notundermywatch3163 Год назад

@@carldrogo9492 it's a good idea but he has no idea how much more complex, complicated and unreliable that would be in real life.

@notundermywatch3163 Год назад

That system exist but the AGL is coaxial.

@CFox.7 Год назад

1:13 bro, you used metric system ! Nice

@oneloveeduardo Год назад

Nice, smart.

@ismaciilcabdillahiyuusuf2650 Год назад

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@stormdesertstrike Год назад

What if hostile sharpshooters/snipers shoot the optics of the remote weapon? Its game over pal.

@Mr.Canuck Год назад

Pretty cool but seems like a more broad and immediate situational awareness would be much diminished when looking at such a tiny FOV on the screen. Pros and cons.

@kavemanthewoodbutcher 2 месяца назад

Put it on everything!

@bERU321 Год назад

Recommend mouse and keyboard as a controller

@xcsheehan Год назад

How often does it jam? The system is much safer, but soldiers and marines must still expose themselves to fix jams and other issues such as reloading.