Crew-served weapon

Type of weapons system

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A crew-served^[1] weapon is any weapon system that is issued to a crew of two or more individuals performing the same or separate tasks to run at maximum operational efficiency, as opposed to an individual-service weapon, which only requires one person to run at maximum operational efficiency. The weight and bulk of the system often also necessitates multiple personnel for transportation.

Crew-served weapons operated by infantry include sniper rifles, anti-materiel rifles, machine guns, automatic grenade launchers, mortars, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, recoilless rifles, shoulder-launched missile weapons, and static anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.

References

^ Introduction to Crew Served Weapons, USMC OFFICER

External links

Jane's Infantry Weapons

Weapons

History

Premodern	African Medieval Japanese Early thermal weapons
Modern	Early Warfare Napoleonic Warfare American Indian Wars War of the Pacific Crimean War American Civil War War of the Triple Alliance Spanish–American War Mexican Revolution Antique Pre-20th century firearms
World War I	Chemical Australia Austria-Hungary Belgium Bulgaria Canada France Germany Greece India Italy Japan Montenegro New Zealand Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Turkey United Kingdom United States Infantry
Interwar period	Chaco War Spanish Civil War (Nationalist/Republican) Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese/National Revolutionary Army)
World War II	Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Croatia Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Japan Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Thailand United Kingdom United States Yugoslavia Infantry
Cold War	First Indochina War Korean War Vietnam War Six-Day War Araguaia Guerilla War Portuguese Colonial War Rhodesian Bush War South African Border War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Iran–Iraq War Laotian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Dominican Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Gulf War
Post-Cold War	Yugoslav Wars Afghanistan War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War