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A gun shield is a device designed to be mounted on a crew-served weapon such as a machine gun
Machine gun

A machine gun is a Automatic firearm mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire List of rifle cartridgess in quick succession from an Belt or large-capacity Magazine , typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
 or artillery
Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
 piece, sometimes improvised in the field in an ad hoc manner using salvaged materials, to protect the user(s) from incoming fire while operating the weapon.






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A gun shield is a device designed to be mounted on a crew-served weapon such as a machine gun
Machine gun

A machine gun is a Automatic firearm mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire List of rifle cartridgess in quick succession from an Belt or large-capacity Magazine , typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
 or artillery
Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
 piece, sometimes improvised in the field in an ad hoc manner using salvaged materials, to protect the user(s) from incoming fire while operating the weapon. The most common examples were seen in the Vietnam War
Vietnam War

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina Wars, the Vietnam Conflict, or often in Vietnam the American War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975....
 when the crews of armored fighting vehicles and PT Boat
PT boat

PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat , a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships....
s would affix metal plates to the machine guns, though gun shields have been in use as early as World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. Gun shields fell out of widespread use after Vietnam, but have seen a resurgence in popularity during the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan
Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name used by the U.S. Government for its contribution to the War in Afghanistan , together with three smaller military actions, under the umbrella of its War on Terrorism ....
. The major drawback of gun shields is that they limit the visibility of the user to the front, though new designs such as the Transparent Armor Gun Shield
Transparent Armor Gun Shield

Built by BAE Systems, the Transparent Armor Gun shield, or TAGS, is a visibly transparent, protective gun shield for operators of vehicle-mounted machine guns....
 (TAGS for short) will alleviate this without sacrificing user protection.

See also


  • Hillbilly armor
  • Gun mantlet
    Gun mantlet

    A gun mantlet on an armoured fighting vehicle is an vehicle armour plate or shield attached to the vehicle's main gun or machine gun, protecting the opening through which the weapon barrel projects from the hull or gun turret armour and, in many cases, ensuring the vulnerable warhead of a loaded Shell does not protrude past the vehicle's a...