After years of research, Vietnam has successfully developed a remote-controlled 12.7mm machine gun system integrated with a computer and modern sensors.
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| Over a five-year period (2011-2015), the Weapons Institute (General Department of Defense Industry) successfully researched and produced many types of modern weapons and equipment, equivalent to foreign models, for our army. One of the most significant weapons is the remotely controlled 12.7mm machine gun system. |
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| Currently, many countries around the world (Russia, the US, Israel, France, Germany, etc.) have successfully developed a series of remote-controlled machine guns and cannons integrated into armored vehicles, tanks, warships, and fixed fortifications. The advantage of this type of weapon is that the shooter can sit in a different location, protected, and press the firing button at a target "monitored" by a camera. This is much safer than the shooter having to stand behind the gun. |
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| The 12.7mm automatic machine gun system is designed with three main parts: a multi-purpose control frame; a central computer; and a day-night surveillance camera, all developed by engineers and technicians from the Automatic Control Room of the Weapons Research and Development Institute. |
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| The type of machine gun we're integrating into this automatic weapon system could be the Russian-made 12.7mm NSV heavy machine gun, but we've now mastered the technology for mass production domestically. |
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| The gun has a firing rate of 700-800 rounds per minute and an effective range of 1,500m to 2,000m against air and ground targets. |
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| A day/night surveillance camera is mounted on the 12.7mm gun barrel. |
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| Close-up view from surveillance camera. |
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| This is the central control computer, which can be positioned far from the gun mount. The equipment is quite compact, simple, and convenient to install on small warships and armored vehicles. |
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| Test firing of the remotely controlled 12.7mm machine gun system at the Mieu Mon training ground. |
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| Software for managing and operating anti-aircraft machine gun systems. |
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| According to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Hung, Head of the Automatic Control Department at the Weapons Institute, after the test firing process and based on the advice of the advisory board, the research team is studying moving the day-night camera to the bottom of the gun body to ensure coaxial alignment with the barrel. Secondly, the current magazine only holds 200 rounds; the plan is to increase the reserve to 500 rounds to maintain firepower for longer. |
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| After further adjustments are complete, the automatic machine gun system will be mass-produced for units throughout the army. Photo: The 12.7mm remote-controlled anti-aircraft gun system undergoes its final test firing at the Mieu Mon firing range. |
According to Kienthuc.vn
