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The Hitrole is a remote weapons station manufactured by Italian arms company Oto Melara.The role portion of the name is short for Remote Overhead Light Electrical.The turret can mount a variety of lighter automatic weapons including 5.56 millimetres (0.219 in) 7.62 millimetres (0.300 in) 12.7 millimetres (0.50 in) machine guns and 40 millimetres (1.6 in) automatic grenade launchers.The weapon is gyroscopically stabilized.The turret weighs between 210 kilograms (460 lb)-260 kilograms (570 lb) depending on the weapon fitted.