Designation:

Sharpshooter

Info
Manufacturer: FNSS Defence Systems Inc  
Product type: Turrets  
Name: Turret  

Firepower:

  • 25 mm M242 Automatic Cannon (Bushmaster) Delivers Both Armor Piercing & High Explosive Fire with Extreme Accuracy.

  • Coaxially Mounted 7.62 mm Machine Gun.

Fire Control:

  • The All Electric Power Drive

  • System (with Manual Backup) Provides Smooth & Accurate Control Of Guns & Sight; Simplified Operation & Maintenance.

  • Customer Option Sight with Day/Night Capability.

  • Four Unity Periscopes For Side & Frontal Vision.

  • Fire-on-the Move Capability is Available with a Stabilization System.

Ballistic Protection:

  • 14.5 mm Armor Protection with Minimum Weight by Optimal Use of the Latest Armor Materials & Spaced Laminate Armor System.

Reliability and Maintainability:

  • The 25 mm M242 Automatic Cannon Exhibited High Reliability & Effectiveness During the Test by the U.S. Army.

Features:

  • Full Shoot-On-The-Move Capability

  • Provides Fire Support to Infantry Squad

  • Wide Variety Mission Capability

  • High Survivability

  • NATO Standard

  • Low Cost

  • Defeats Enemy AIFV's

  • Easily Retrofitted to Tracked and Wheeled Vehicles

  • Light weight

  • Use Of Wide Variety of Ammunition

  • Weapon Station Drives And Electronic Boxes Are Arranged For Easy Access

Specifications:
Property Value
Main weapon caliber (mm)
25
Ammunition of the main gun
180
Rate of fire (rds/min)
200
Auxiliary gun calibre (mm)
7.68
Ammunition of the auxiliary gun
230
Traverse arc (degree)
360
Elevation (degree)
48
Depression (degree)
-8
Weight (kg)
1700
Crew
1
Number of smoke grenade launchers
8

Included in:
Product Amount
Pars 8x8 (Wheeled armoured personnel carrier)
1

Has folowing part:
Total Amount
M242 Bushmaster / LW25 (Gun)
1


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