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The Hitrole is a 
The turret can mount a variety of lighter automatic weapons, including , , 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 between -, depending on the weapon fitted. The gunner's remote optics add an
remote weapons station
A remote controlled weapon station (RCWS), or remote weapon station (RWS), also known as a remote weapon system (RWS), is a remotely operated weaponized system often equipped with fire-control system for light and medium-caliber weapons which can ...
manufactured by Italian arms company Oto Melara
OTO Melara was a subsidiary of the Italian company Finmeccanica, today Leonardo, active in the defence sector, with factories in Brescia and La Spezia. The Mod 56 pack howitzer, in service throughout the world, and the 76mm naval gun, ado ...
(merged into Leonardo S.p.A.
Leonardo S.p.A., formerly Leonardo-Finmeccanica and originally Finmeccanica, is an Italian multinational company specialising in aerospace, defence and security. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, the company has 180 sites worldwide. It is the eighth ...
, previously Finmeccanica since 2016).
The ''"role"'' portion of the name is short for "''R''emotely ''O''perated, ''L''ight ''E''lectrical".
The turret can mount a variety of lighter automatic weapons, including , , 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 between -, depending on the weapon fitted. The gunner's remote optics add an infrared camera
Infrared (IR), sometimes called infrared light, is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than those of visible light. It is therefore invisible to the human eye. IR is generally understood to encompass wavelengths from around ...
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
Iveco LMV (Light Multirole Vehicle) is a 4WD tactical vehicle developed by Iveco, and in service with several countries. After its adoption by the Italian Army as the ''Veicolo-Tattico-Leggero-Multiruolo'' (VTLM) ''Lince'' ("Light tactical multi ...
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