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yes, it will identify CSJ thr other side of the cul de sac, no longer have to meet him there ha ha ha ha...just kidding!!
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No hiding place from new U.S. Army rifles that use radio-controlled smart bullets
yes, it will identify CSJ thr other side of the cul de sac, no longer have to meet him there ha ha ha ha...just kidding!!
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the saf lky version will carry a knuckle duster tip for cul de sac targets.
seriously, this is not revolutionary, but will pave the way for smart munitions. the bullet is not meant to take out the target directly like a sniper round, but to explode with a timer near the target. in terms of effectiveness, it will be like the invention of the proximity fuse in ww2.
seriously, this is not revolutionary, but will pave the way for smart munitions. the bullet is not meant to take out the target directly like a sniper round, but to explode with a timer near the target. in terms of effectiveness, it will be like the invention of the proximity fuse in ww2.
US always waste lots of tax dollars on expensive and yet self-defeating weapons and the world had already seen too many examples. :p The way it goes it only proved that US military personal are coward and lazy aka incompetent and they knew this, their only strategy to overcome this is spending more and more on expensive weapons, while their tax payers and Federal Reserve are broke. Given that they are afraid to bleed and die as well as broke, we have to look down on them and expect only to watch them eaten up alive by swamp of their 3rd world enemies very quickly. Stay further at safe distance from USA, get them out of our military bases and distance ourselves is the only right thing to do.
In a nutshell ang mohs always come up with unsustainable new products or technology. Then they will wait for the Asian Japanese or Chinese to perfect it and to bring down the cost of productions.
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jap version will seek out victim and flood him with porn while chinese version will explode upon pulling of the trigger.
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If it works according to spec, it should be very useful. Just imagine someone hiding behind a wall or in a trench. Impossible to take him out by shooting straight at him so with this thing, U just should at the spot next to the guy and the grenade explode right next(or in the trench example, on top) of him. Pretty handy. Although I have to admit, the technology is probably not that hard to replicate
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This can be done with a time fuze munition like the ones they use in anti-aircraft artillery. I saw an episode of future weapons where the XM25 was meant as a next generation heavy weapon for the infantry. They way they are introducing this seems like they are phasing out the 40mm Grenades in the long run and introduce the lighter but smarter 25mm weapons for the rifleman.
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yeah of course if everything goes well then it's all good to go but if not then it's bad.
Just like how the ak47 despite being such an old model is still the weapon of choice for many soldiers, terrorists, mercs etc.
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They way they are introducing this seems like they are phasing out the 40mm Grenades in the long run and introduce the lighter but smarter 25mm weapons for the rifleman
while a 25mm is lighter than the 40mm grenades, but not that much lighter. As i have no idea the actual weight of the 25mm round use bt this X25 but from my experience in handling the CIS 40mm and the 25mm brushmaster ammo during my active days really dont make much of a different. Both are bulky and heavy. A M203 gunner carry no more than 4 rounds per mission. So looking at the weight, a soldier should only carry 6-10 of this 25mm round.
By the way. what the weight of this weapon X25? from my experience, a M203 weigh slighty above 5kg yet still have the option of the 5.56 rifle fire. An operator of the X25 do not have that option unless he have to carry an extra M4 carbine. So it look good on paper but to make it work in actual combat situation, i have my doubts.
while a 25mm is lighter than the 40mm grenades, but not that much lighter. As i have no idea the actual weight of the 25mm round use bt this X25 but from my experience in handling the CIS 40mm and the 25mm brushmaster ammo during my active days really dont make much of a different. Both are bulky and heavy. A M203 gunner carry no more than 4 rounds per mission. So looking at the weight, a soldier should only carry 6-10 of this 25mm round.
By the way. what the weight of this weapon X25? from my experience, a M203 weigh slighty above 5kg yet still have the option of the 5.56 rifle fire. An operator of the X25 do not have that option unless he have to carry an extra M4 carbine. So it look good on paper but to make it work in actual combat situation, i have my doubts.
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US deploys 'game-changer' weapon to Afghanistan
US deploys 'game-changer' weapon to Afghanistan
<cite class="vcard"> by Michael Mathes Michael Mathes </cite> – <abbr title="2010-11-30T23:09:10-0800" class="timedate">Wed Dec 1, 2:09 am ET</abbr>
WASHINGTON (AFP) – It looks and acts like something best left in the hands of Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo," but this latest dream weapon is real -- and the US Army sees it becoming the Taliban's worst nightmare.
The Pentagon has rolled out prototypes of its first-ever programmable "smart" grenade launcher, a shoulder-fired weapon that uses microchipped ammunition to target and kill the enemy, even when the enemy is hidden behind walls or other cover.
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AFP/Army Handout</cite>
After years of development, the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, about the size of a regular rifle, has now been deployed to US units on the battlefields of Afghanistan, where the Army expects it to be a "game-changer" in its counterinsurgency operations.
"For well over a week, it's been actively on patrols, and in various combat outposts in areas that are hot," said Lieutenant Colonel Chris Lehner, program manager for the XM25.
The gun's stats are formidable: it fires 25mm air-bursting shells up to 2,300 feet (700 meters), well past the range of most rifles used by today's soldiers, and programs them to explode at a precise distance, allowing troops to neutralize insurgents hiding behind walls, rocks or trenches or inside buildings.
[With Afghan control by 2014, Obama sees combat end]
"This is the first time we're putting smart technology into the hands of the individual soldier," Lehner told AFP in a telephone interview.
"It's giving them the edge," he said, in the harsh Afghan landscape where Islamist extremists have vexed US troops using centuries-old techniques of popping up from behind cover to engage.
"You get behind something when someone is shooting at you, and that sort of cover has protected people for thousands of years," Lehner said.
"Now we're taking that away from the enemy forever."
PEO Soldier says studies show the XM25 is 300 percent more effective than current weapons at the squad level.
The revolutionary advance involves an array of sights, sensors and lasers that reads the distance to the target, assesses elements such as air pressure, temperature, and ballistics and then sends that data to the microchip embedded in the XM25 shell before it is launched.
Previous grenade launchers needed to arc their shells over cover and land near the target to be effective.
"It takes out a lot of the variables that soldiers have to contemplate and even guess at," Lehner said.
If, for example, an enemy combatant pops up from behind a wall to fire at US troops and then ducks behind it, an XM25 gunner can aim the laser range finder at the top of the wall, then program the shell to detonate one meter beyond it, showering lethal fragmentation where the insurgent is seeking cover.
Use of the XM25 can slash civilian deaths and damage, the Army argues, because its pinpointed firepower offers far less risk than larger mortars or air strikes.
The result, the Army says, is "very limited collateral damage."
The Pentagon plans to purchase at least 12,500 of the guns -- at a price tag of 25,000 to 30,000 dollars each -- beginning next year, enough for one in each Infantry squad and Special Forces team.
Lehner said the XM25 was special in that it requires comparatively little training, because the high-powered technology does so much of the work.
"This system is turning soldiers with average shooting skills into those with phenomenal shooting skills," he said.
US deploys 'game-changer' weapon to Afghanistan
<cite class="vcard"> by Michael Mathes Michael Mathes </cite> – <abbr title="2010-11-30T23:09:10-0800" class="timedate">Wed Dec 1, 2:09 am ET</abbr>
WASHINGTON (AFP) – It looks and acts like something best left in the hands of Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo," but this latest dream weapon is real -- and the US Army sees it becoming the Taliban's worst nightmare.
The Pentagon has rolled out prototypes of its first-ever programmable "smart" grenade launcher, a shoulder-fired weapon that uses microchipped ammunition to target and kill the enemy, even when the enemy is hidden behind walls or other cover.
<cite id="captionCite">
AFP/Army Handout</cite>
After years of development, the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, about the size of a regular rifle, has now been deployed to US units on the battlefields of Afghanistan, where the Army expects it to be a "game-changer" in its counterinsurgency operations.
"For well over a week, it's been actively on patrols, and in various combat outposts in areas that are hot," said Lieutenant Colonel Chris Lehner, program manager for the XM25.
The gun's stats are formidable: it fires 25mm air-bursting shells up to 2,300 feet (700 meters), well past the range of most rifles used by today's soldiers, and programs them to explode at a precise distance, allowing troops to neutralize insurgents hiding behind walls, rocks or trenches or inside buildings.
[With Afghan control by 2014, Obama sees combat end]
"This is the first time we're putting smart technology into the hands of the individual soldier," Lehner told AFP in a telephone interview.
"It's giving them the edge," he said, in the harsh Afghan landscape where Islamist extremists have vexed US troops using centuries-old techniques of popping up from behind cover to engage.
"You get behind something when someone is shooting at you, and that sort of cover has protected people for thousands of years," Lehner said.
"Now we're taking that away from the enemy forever."
PEO Soldier says studies show the XM25 is 300 percent more effective than current weapons at the squad level.
The revolutionary advance involves an array of sights, sensors and lasers that reads the distance to the target, assesses elements such as air pressure, temperature, and ballistics and then sends that data to the microchip embedded in the XM25 shell before it is launched.
Previous grenade launchers needed to arc their shells over cover and land near the target to be effective.
"It takes out a lot of the variables that soldiers have to contemplate and even guess at," Lehner said.
If, for example, an enemy combatant pops up from behind a wall to fire at US troops and then ducks behind it, an XM25 gunner can aim the laser range finder at the top of the wall, then program the shell to detonate one meter beyond it, showering lethal fragmentation where the insurgent is seeking cover.
Use of the XM25 can slash civilian deaths and damage, the Army argues, because its pinpointed firepower offers far less risk than larger mortars or air strikes.
The result, the Army says, is "very limited collateral damage."
The Pentagon plans to purchase at least 12,500 of the guns -- at a price tag of 25,000 to 30,000 dollars each -- beginning next year, enough for one in each Infantry squad and Special Forces team.
Lehner said the XM25 was special in that it requires comparatively little training, because the high-powered technology does so much of the work.
"This system is turning soldiers with average shooting skills into those with phenomenal shooting skills," he said.
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