User:Wawewisete/Amarok Weapon Station

The Amarok is a light weight remote weapon system or station, (RWS) used for small caliber weapons which can be installed on any type of armored vehicles. It is designed by Rheinmetall Canada, in Quebec, Canada.

Overview
The Amarok is part of a family of fully digital and stabilized remotely controlled weapon stations that can be integrated on various armoured vehicle platforms and used for different mission profiles. The Amarok weapon station combines full stabilisation, long range day/night all weather sights and universal weapon cradle that integrates 5.56mm and 7.62mm weapons. As part of a family of weapon stations, it is designed with a high level of commonality and modularity, and is fully compliant with military standards for human factors engineering.

Several weapons can be mounted to the platform, such as:
 * M240/MAG-58 7.62 mm machine gun
 * M249/minimi 5.56mm machine gun
 * MG3 7.62 mm machine gun
 * MG4 5.56 mm machine gun