The Patria PML 127 OWS (overhead weapon system) is a Finnish-developed
remote 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 Co ...
(RWS) which mounts a 12.7 mm
NSV machine gun
The NSV ''Utyos'' ( cyrl, НСВ, initialism for ; ), is a Soviet heavy machine gun chambered in 12.7×108mm. It is named after the designers, G. I. Nikitin, Y. М. Sokolov and V. I. Volkov. It was designed to replace the DShK machine gun and w ...
and smoke canister dischargers.
The turret is electro-hydraulically driven and can traverse in a full 360° circle and can elevate between −8° and +47°.
The operator has a Zeiss PERI-Z16A1 day gun sight and NAE-200 night gunsight with GEN II+ image intensifier. The system can also be fitted with a CCD or thermal camera.
It can be mounted to various vehicles. It is manufactured by
Patria.
Operators
;
:
XA-203
References
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Vehicle-mounted weapons
Remote weapon stations
Goods manufactured in Finland
PML 127 OWS