Designation:

Samson 30

Info
Manufacturer: RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Ltd.  
Product type: Turrets  
Name: Remote controlled weapon station  

RAFAEL's RCWS 30 remote controlled weapon station offers a unique combination of lethality and maximum crew survivability. Suitable for most light armored, high mobility vehicles, RCWS 30 allows under-the-deck operation from any position (gunner and/or commander) without occupying space inside the vehicle.

RCWS 30 fire control system includes a high-performance day/night sight, a laser range finder and a GPS-based true-north finder by azimuth (or other). A powerful on-board computer enables effective fire control and full integration into any battle management system.

Main Advantages:

  • Foldable for air transport (patent pending)

  • Stabilized for firing on the move

  • Day and night operation

  • Optical auto-tracker

  • Full solution fire control

  • Slaving to any external director

  • Operation redundancy (gunner and/or commander)

  • Built-in test

  • Multi-purpose SPIKE guided missiles (optional)

  • Smoke grenade launcher (optional)

  • Embedded trainer (optional)

Main features

  • Mount Type: Dual-axis, gyro-stabilized, retractable, multi-channel sight, weapon mounting system

  • Main weapon: One of the following: ATK Mk44 30mm; 2A42 30mm Automatic Cannon; 40mm

  • Secondary weapon: One of the following: AGL 40mm; 7.62 mm Coax MG

  • Force Multipliers: ATGM Launcher; ASM

  • Obscurants: SGL

  • Sight Pod (Day, Night, LRF): Gunbailed, multi-sensor suite

  • Compliance with Environmental Conditions (partial list): MIL-STD-1275; MIL-STD-461; MIL-STD-810; STANAG 2895; EN 60825

  • External Interfaces: I/O video channels; RS422/RS485/RS232 comm channels; CAN-BUS comm channel; Ethernet; I/O discrete lines

Specifications:
Property Value
Crew
2
Number of rocket lunchers
4
Main weapon caliber (mm)
30

Included in:
Product Amount
AMV XC-360P (Wheeled armoured personnel carrier)
1
FV432 (Modernization of the vehicle)
1
Irbis (Wheeled armoured personnel carrier)
1
PANDUR II 8x8 (Wheeled armoured personnel carrier)
1

Has folowing part:
Total Amount
MK44 30 Bushmaster (Gun)
1
Spike-LR (Anti-tank guided missile launcher)
1


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