Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Rave Reviews On The XM-25 Results In A Speeded Request For 12,000 To Be Delivered By 2014

A Soldier aims an XM-25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md. Photo credit PEO Soldier

Thousands Of XM-25s Headed To The Troops -- Strategy Page

May 16, 2011: The spectacular success, and popularity, of the XM-25 grenade launchers in Afghanistan (since late last year, when five of them were sent to combat troops), has forced the U.S. Army to hustle and get more of them to the combat zone as soon as possible. Right now, 36 more are being hand-built (as all prototypes were), and these should be delivered to infantry units by late next year. Meanwhile, mass production has been ordered, and this will result in over 12,000 of the weapons being delivered, starting in 2014.

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My Comment: "Spectacular success" is an understatement .... soldiers in the field want this weapon yesterday.

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