Posted on 11/29/2010 12:04:39 PM PST by La Lydia
Since the dawn of modern warfare, the best way to stay alive in the face of incoming fire has been to take cover behind a wall. But thanks to a game-changing "revolutionary" rifle, the U.S. Army has made that tactic dead on arrival. Now the enemy can run, but he can't hide. After years of development, the U.S. Army has unleashed a new weapon in Afghanistan -- the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, a high-tech rifle that can be programmed so that its 25-mm. ammunition detonates either in front of or behind a target, meaning it can be fired just above a wall before it explodes and kills the enemy.
It also has a range of roughly 2,300 feet -- nearly the length of eight football fields -- making it possible to fire at targets well past the range of the rifles and carbines that most soldiers carry today.
Lt. Col. Christopher Lehner, project manager for the semi-automatic, shoulder-fired weapon system for the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office Soldier, said that the XM25's capability alone is such a "game-changer" that it'll lead to new ways of fighting on the battlefield, beginning this month in Afghanistan. "With this weapon system, we take away cover from [enemy targets] forever," Lehner told FoxNews.com on Wednesday. "Tactics are going to have to be rewritten. The only thing we can see [enemies] being able to do is run away..."
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Looking forward to the civilian version..
They showed that on Futureweapons a couple years back. Looks like they made a few changes to the plus/minus button placement.
It’s really a bit much for home defense-you’ll wind up needing to rebuild your house!;)
I wonder what plans the BO regime has for getting a prototype to the chicoms?
I think it is lovely.
True, not great for home defence but really cool for hunting. That deer behind the big oak, no problem...wham...boom!
....venison burger!
I take it this is one of its BBs? Yes?
Venison burger, gloves, and a leather jacket!
Ali Kaboom and Ali Kablam will have to run very fast now after firing their Ak-47.
Isn’t shooting bad guys through walls pretty much what the .50 Cal BMG has been doing for the past 100 years or so?
I don’t think it is meant to become the standard issue for every soldier. I think it is meant to have a couple of these for a platoon for those special applications where it excels. Much like the machine gunner.
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