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Line 1: {{Short description\|Type of weapons system}} {{Multiple issues\| {{Unreferenced\|date=December 2024}} <!-- was "refimprove" from June 2015 --> ~~{{refimprove\|date=June 2015}}~~ {{original research\|date=January 2011}} }} [[File:US Navy 090421-N-5538K-041 Sailors prepare a 25mm crew-served weapon before a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Sailors prepare a 25~~ ~~-mm crew-served weapon before a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship [[USS Essex (LHD-2)\|USS ''Essex'']].]] A '''crew-served~~<ref>{{Citation\|title=Introduction to Crew Served Weapons\|url=http://www.usmcofficer.com/the-basic-school/training-phases/phase-3/introduction-crew-served-weapons/\|publisher=USMC OFFICER}}</ref>~~ weapon''' is any [[weapon\|weapon system]] that is issued to a [[crew]] of two or more individuals performing the same or separate tasks to run at maximum operational efficiency, as opposed to an individual-service weapon, which only requires one person to run at maximum operational efficiency. The weight and bulk of the system often also ~~necessitates~~requires multiple ~~personnel~~people for transportation. Crew-served weapons operated by [[infantry]] include [[sniper rifle]]s, [[anti-materiel rifle]]s, [[machine gun]]s, [[automatic grenade launcher]]s, [[Mortar (weapon)\|mortars]], [[anti-tank gun]]s, [[anti-aircraft gun]]s, [[recoilless rifle]]s, [[shoulder-launched missile weapon]]s, and static [[anti-tank missile\|anti-tank]] and [[surface-to-air missile\|anti-aircraft]] missiles. == See also == * [[Heavy weapons platoon]] * ~~[[Personal weapon]] and~~ [[Small arms]] for weapons used by individuals * [[List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces]] == References == {{Reflist}} ~~== External links ==~~ * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030812143231/http://jiw.janes.com/public/jiw/index.shtml ''Jane's Infantry Weapons''] ~~{{Weapons}}~~ [[Category:Infantry support weapons]]