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Mistral Showcases Gun Tower

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Thursday, September 30th, 2010

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By Matthew Cox Mistral Group is bringing two other company's products together to put an unmanned machine gun turret on top of a 30-foot collapsible tower. The concept joins the MW33 tower by Tashjian Towers Corporation with the Sampson Jr. Remote Controlled Weapons Station (RCWS) by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., to create a highly mobile platform that's designed for combat-outpost defense. The tower itself is a triangular frame that collapses to 10 feet and folds down when it's transported.…

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