Patent ID: 6907812

Claim:
A weapon system in combination with a military vehicle comprising: a weapon station with at least one weapon; a rotating station base rotatable when said weapon station is in a deployed position and when said weapon station is in a stowed position, an elevating deck, and remote controls to remotely operate said at least one weapon from within a hull of said vehicle; wherein said weapon station is mounted on said elevating deck such that said at least one weapon is contained within said hull of said vehicle to which said weapon station is attached when said weapon station is in a non-deployed position, and said elevating deck is hingedly affixed to said rotating station base, with means for lifting said elevating deck; such that when said means for lifting said elevating deck is activated, said elevating deck is rapidly raised about a single axis of rotation from said stowed position to said deployed position, thereby elevating said at least one weapon above said hull of said vehicle, such that said at least one weapon is fired from a position displaced from said rotating station base.