TRT-25 remote weapon station

It was described as "A low cost solution for both offensive and defensive situations, with simple-to-use operator interface and suitable for almost any encounter,” by Dennis Morris, president of BAE Systems Global Tactical Systems.

• Name — TRT-25 remote weapon station • Origin — South Africa • Type — Auto-cannon • Is Ranged — yes • Designer — BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa • Weight — 1,870 lb/850 kg (with ammunition) • Length — 605 mm • Height — 1.05 metres • Elevation — -10° to +65° • Crew — 1 • Cartridge — 25×137 mm • Caliber — 25mm • Rate — Cyclic: 200 rounds per minute • Velocity — 1100 m/s • Range — 3000 m • Max Range — 6800 m • Feed — dual 130-round bins, • Sights — colour CCD camera/thermal nightsight

The system is flexible enough to accept a number of other weapons, from 20 mm calibre up to the 30 mm Hughes M230 Chain Gun or the Mk44 Bushmaster, (with a larger cradle). A co-axial 7.62mm machinegun is mounted for close fire support and four smoke grenade launchers for vehicle screening. • Sights The sight is gyrostabilized, to enable engagement on the move and fitted with a laser range finder. The sights has an automatic target tracking, once manual lock-on has been achieved with the electro-optical gunner sight. The weapon is operated by with a Nintendo Style control pad and the range finder has a range in excess of 12 km. • Vehicle Trials The turret is being trialled on the RG-41 and the RG-34, South African armoured fighting vehicles developed by Land Systems OMC, a subsidiary of BAE Systems. It has also been mated successfully to a Russian BMP-1.