page_title: Crew-served weapon
hierarchical_section_title: Crew-served weapon
caption_attribution_description: English: SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 21, 2009) Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Edward P. Oyola, from Jamaica, N.Y., and Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Anthony A. Jenkins, from Independence, Mo., prepare a 25mm crew-served weapon before a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is participating in Balikatan 2009, an annual combined, joint-bilateral exercise involving U.S. and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel, as well as subject matter experts from Philippine civil defense agencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Casey H. Kyhl/Released)
context_page_description: A crew-served 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 efficiently. 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.
context_section_description: A crew-served 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 efficiently. 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.
caption: Sailors prepare a 25 mm crew-served weapon before a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex.
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