Hitrole

The Hitrole is a remote [weapons station] manufactured by Italian arms company Oto Melara.
The "role" portion of the name is short for "Remotely Operated, Light Electrical".
The turret can mount a variety of lighter automatic weapons, including,, and machine guns, and automatic grenade launchers.
Leonardo recently presented the new line of Lionfish remote-controlled small-caliber systems, which consists of four models: the Ultralight, the Inner Reloading and the Top with a 12.7 mm caliber, and the 20 model with a 20 mm caliber.
The weapon is gyroscopically stabilized.
The turret weighs, depending on the weapon fitted. The gunner's remote optics add an infrared camera and laser range finder to a regular visible light camera.
The gunner is assisted with a fire control computer.
The fire control computer can help the gunner track moving targets.
In 2009 the Italian Army ordered 81 turrets to equip its Iveco Lince vehicles in Afghanistan.
According to Jane's Navy International the Singapore Navy ordered Hitrole turrets in August 2013.
A total of 16 turrets were ordered for Singapore's eight Littoral Mission Vessels.

Versions

Platforms using the Oto-Melara Hitrole include: