ARMAMENT
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1x Kongsberg M153A4 Crows Tech Refresh remote controlled weapon station
-Thermal sight: 3rd Gen TS-III
-Color Day Camera: 1° to 45° with continuous Field of View (FOV)
-Thermal: 3° & 11.0 ° FOVs (standard CROWS); up to 45° wide FOV (Tech Refresh)
-Four-axis targeting system; Three-axis vector stabilization; Laser range-finder; Auto scan/auto focus; Auto lead/auto tracker-
Primary armament: 12.7x99mm M2 Browning Machinegun
-Machinegun: M2 Browning
-Ammunition mixture (2x MP, 1x MP-T) :
-Armor penetration RHAe NM160MP-T: 22 Millimeter at 100 Meter
-Armor penetration RHAe NM140MP: 10.6 Millimeter at 100 Meter -
-Secondary Armament: 2x 70mm FIM-90 Stinger Anti air missiles4
-Guidance: Dual-channel IR/UV seeker (Block I/II), IR Focal Plane Array (Block II), all-aspect attack.
-Speed: Mach 2.2+ (approx. 750 m/s).
-Range: Up to 8,000m (Block II).
-Altitude Ceiling: ~3,800m (12,500 ft).
-Weight (Missile): ~10.1 kg (22.3 lbs).
-Weight (System): ~15.7 kg (34.7 lbs) with launcher.
-Warhead: 3 kg (6.6 lb) HE blast-fragmentation.
Propulsion: Dual-thrust solid-fuel rocket motor.
-Three variants: Block II (FIM-92E): Improved seeker, increased range, enhanced countermeasures.
Block K (FIM-92K): Adds a proximity fuse for increased lethality, Counter-Drone: Newer versions are better equipped to handle small drones
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TECHNICAL DATA
Hull: SRTV-SXV-XL
Length: 4.31 Meter
Width: 1.98 Meter
Height: 1.75 Meter
Curb Weight: 1723.65 Kg
GVWR: 3628.73 Kg
Top Speed: 128.7 Km/h
HP/TQ: 170 hp/315 ft-lbs
HISTORY
The vehicle is by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace being named “Utah Vehicle” but the vehicle itself is an XLT3-5 from AM General and is an light tactical vehicle. It’s a vehicle designed to be lightweight and durable, but also rugged and versatile, this vehicle was first seen at AUSA in 2019, its hard to find detailed specifications about its eigne. This combination is according to the interviews held with Kongsberg, a sort of a SOCOM variant. This kind of vehicle has been seen at earlier and later events, and each time with a different configuration that Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace is exhibiting/demonstration to the international market or others with interest. The vehicles and weapon stations are fully operational in the events. The vehicle is likely Kongsberg’s own owned vehicle.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has since the early 2000’s been producing and developing remote stations on an increasing scale, with the development beginning in the 1990’s. They didn’t begin developing and producing larger medium caliber turrets until 2013, with the first contracts and major upgrades starting in early 2016. There has been a large market for their products, with lots of nations using several of their remote stations in many different configurations, and they have regularly been awarded major contracts. As a result, Kongsberg Defence has started an important forum, PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Stations Users Working Group which they have been annually hosting for approx. 15 years. The purpose of these meetings is to forster collaboration with other nations and companies, as this group consists of 28 user nations. Its also held to share knowledge and strategic alignment with it’s customers and partners and for shaping future requirements and ensure systems meet evolving operational demands and threats.
With each meeting, Kongsberg Defence is showing off new tech and products and various solutions to the other users and customers, with live fire testing and demonstrations of the systems, which are mounted on several vehicles to show the possibilities. These meetings have been held in several locations, in 2022 a demonstration was held in Slovakia, the next year it was held in Norway at Kongsberg’s own range & areas, and this year in Detroit, Usa. These demonstrations did among much other stuff include a Patria ifv with a Kongsberg RT20 turret, a robotic combat vehicle from their collaboration with Milrem robotics featuring a RT20 turret, a pandur 1 with a RS6 remote weapon station just to mention a few.
This year, in late 2025 Kongsberg demonstrated a couple vehicles, this suggestion is about one of them and it is the following. One XLT3-5 with the Kongsberg M153A4 Crows Tech Refresh remote controlled weapon station mounted on the roof, with 1x 12.7mm M2 browing machinegun and 2x 70mm Stinger anti air missiles mounted on the right side, it is also equipped a radar on the front windshield.
IN GAME
In the game this would be a highly mobile and capable anti air vehicle, it will be an absolute drone killer, in addition to be very effective against Helicopters and planes. It is equipped with an radar, making it’s performance against air targets way more effective. It’s mobility would be similar to the newly introduced Mercedes Gelenderwagen which is a part of the NASAMS system for Usa and Norway, wich would make it useful for capturing sones.
SOURCES
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Kongsberg 15th PROTECTOR Users Working Group | Joint Forces News
KONGSBERG 15th PROTECTOR Users Working Group: For article link see Comments. | JOINT-FORCES
Remote Weapon Systems - KONGSBERG - an international technology group
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Kongsberg Hosts 15th PROTECTOR Users Working Group in the U.S. | Soldier Systems Daily Soldier Systems Daily
Utah Vehicle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SCI6bUdJk
SRTV-SXV-XL - BC Customs
AUSA 2020: AM General presents its new generation of Light Tactical Vehicle called X-LT3
https://www.amgeneral.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AM-General-X-LT3.pdf
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