ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Crew-served

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Crew-served is an adjective meaning (military, notably USMC) Of a weapon system: requiring a crew or more than one individual to function due to its high operational complexity.

Meaning

(military, notably USMC) Of a weapon system: requiring a crew or more than one individual to function due to its high operational complexity.

Example Sentences

A heavy machine gun, anti-materiel rifle, or rocket launcher might be crew-served.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include multicrew, multimanned, doublehanded, multimilitary, multicommand, multiweapon.

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