Saturday, May 8, 2010

Many Are Predicting That The XM-25 Individual Airburst Weapon Will Be A Game Changer In Afghanistan



Army to Test ‘Game Changing’ Gun in Combat -- Military.com

ABERDEEN TEST CENTER, Md. -- The Army is set to send its high-tech "counter defilade" weapon to the war zone in the next few months, the first real-world deployment for the much-anticipated XM-25 Individual Airburst Weapon.

Officials announced May 5 that a group of Army Special Forces Soldiers will take the weapon with them to Afghanistan sometime this summer.

During live-fire demo here, Soldiers shot the Heckler & Koch-made XM-25's high-explosive rounds through the window of a simulated building, showering "enemy" mannequins inside with lethal metal fragments.

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More News On The XM-25 Individual Airburst Weapon

'Smart' grenade launcher heads to Afghanistan -- CNET
US Special Forces To Adopt The XM-25 Smart Guns -- Ubergizmo
The Deadliest Army Weapon In Action -- Gizmodo
Green Berets to get Judge Dredd computer smart-rifle -- The Register
U.S. special forces taking 'smart gun' into battle this summer -- Dvice
Gallery: Firing the Army’s Biggest, Baddest Guns -- The Danger Room

1 comment:

Mark said...

yeah and what will the taliban do? take lots of civilians with them into the room the soldiers can't always see