Patent ID: 7934445

Claim:
A fixed weapons emplacement comprising: a ballistic weapons stand having a height sufficient to at least partially protect a standing gunner, the ballistic weapons stand including a base plate and at least one front armor plate connected to and extending vertically from the base plate, the at least one armor plate having a vertically extending front brace welded at a bottom end thereof to the base plate and secured to the at least one vertically extending armor plate to brace the at least one vertically extending armor plate, and a three point weapon support having a weapon mounting platform behind a rear surface of the front armor plate for mounting a weapon thereon which is movable with respect to the base plate and armor plate, the three point support having at least one rear leg fixed to the base plate and at least one front leg fixed adjacent to and fixed with respect to the front armor plate armor plate, with a third leg fixed to either the base plate or fixed adjacent to and fixed with respect to the front armor plate, each leg having an upper portion attached directly to the weapon mounting platform.