Crew-served weapon

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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.]]

A crew-served weapon is any 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 requires multiple people for transportation.{{cite book |author= |date=1954 |title=Crew-served Weapons and Gunnery |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPrbAAAAMAAJ |publisher=United States Dept. of the Army |access-date=January 26, 2025}}{{Page needed|date=January 2025}}

Crew-served weapons operated by infantry include sniper rifles, anti-materiel rifles, machine guns, automatic grenade launchers, mortars, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, recoilless rifles, shoulder-launched missile weapons, and static anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.