March 10, 2006
But will it Fit a PT Cruiser?

Instapundit linked up this brief note on the latest in vehicle protection gizmos:

The U.S. Army has discovered a remote control gun turret that works, and cannot get enough of them. The army wants over 9,000 CROWS (common remotely operated weapon stations), but is only getting 15 a month. There should be about a thousand CROWS in service by the end of the year.
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The gunner is inside the vehicle, checking out the surroundings on a computer monitor (with night vision and telephoto capabilities).

As the article notes, remote turrets have been around in one form or another for quite some time*. See ma, video games can be useful!

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* The first one I can remember reading about is a dorsal turret for early model B-25s. The optical system was so bad the gunners usually got airsick. B-17s used a similar system, with similar success. B-29s used a vastly improved system with one of the first digital computers ever fitted to an aircraft. As far as I know, most aircraft turrets used since then followed essentially the same pattern, although eventually they switched to radar guidance and computer control.

Posted by scott at March 10, 2006 10:32 AM

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well, here's a pic of the thing. From the looks of it, you could do that, however, you'd have to do some definite structural work to make sure it'd stay where it's supposed to. Probably welding in a roll-cage would do the trick...

Posted by: ronaprhys on March 10, 2006 12:00 PM
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