We got you covered, missile gunners

This one's for you, TOW gunners.

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. — The same team of Picatinny Arsenal engineers that brought the Objective Gunner Protection Kit (OGPK) to service members has completed development of a new armor system that is customized for integration with the Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire command-link guided (TOW) missile and Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS).

TOW gunners, soon you too can enjoy the benefits of added protection while atop MRAPs that non-TOW gunners have enjoyed for some time now. It just seemed fair.

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