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Army Testing XM-25 'Smart' Weapon
Army News Service via Military.com ^
| 11-11-09
| by Lt. Col. Christopher Lehner
Posted on 11/17/2009 8:01:22 PM PST by Redcitizen
FORT BELVOIR, Va. - A Soldier successfully shoulder-fired a "smart" High Explosive Airburst, or HEAB round for the first time Aug. 11 from the XM-25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md.
The Army plans on purchasing more than 12,500 XM-25 systems starting in 2012, which will be enough to put one in each Infantry squad and Special Forces team, according to officials at Program Executive Office-Soldier.
At first glance, the XM-25 looks like something out of a Sci-Fi movie. It features an array of sights, sensors and lasers housed in a Target Acquisition Fire Control unit on top, an oversized magazine behind the trigger mechanism, and a short, ominous barrel wrapped by a recoil dampening sleeve.
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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
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"At first glance, the XM-25 looks like something out of a Sci-Fi movie. "
Still doesn't beat an M41A pulse rifle for Sci-fi guns.
To: Redcitizen
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:06:42 PM PST
by
garjog
(Used to be liberals were just people to disagree with. Now they are a threat to our existence.)
To: Redcitizen
Sarge! I have two rounds left, but I’m low on batteries!
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:07:27 PM PST
by
DBrow
(Thank You Al Gore You Saved Earth!)
To: garjog
Looks plastic. I wonder if you look on the bottom - does it say “Made in China?”
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:08:12 PM PST
by
PokeyJoe
(I miss my Audi A6 Avant)
To: Redcitizen
Is it anything like this?
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:14:22 PM PST
by
Don W
(I will praise Him.)
To: Don W
Yeah baby!
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:17:09 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(Socialism is an opportunistic infection of the body politic. It occurs when defenses are low.)
To: Don W
A real warrior would ask what the little red button does...
To: Redcitizen
General Dynamics new wireless weapons system -- remotely controlled with air burst guns.
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:24:12 PM PST
by
garjog
(Used to be liberals were just people to disagree with. Now they are a threat to our existence.)
To: DBrow
Sarge- “Utilize the emergency power generator.”
Private-” “what?”
Sarge “wind it up with the crank!”
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:31:32 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
(Zartan for President 2012)
To: Don W
Here's my choice, an m41a1 pulse rifle.
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:46:34 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
(Zartan for President 2012)
To: PokeyJoe
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:47:23 PM PST
by
HP8753
(Live Free!!!! .............or don't.)
To: Redcitizen
High Explosive Airburst, or HEAB I hope that is pronounced "Hee-ab" and not "Heeb", otherwise theres gonna be an outcry from the Jewish population ...
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:50:41 PM PST
by
Lmo56
To: DBrow
Sarge! I have two rounds left, but Im low on batteries! We're already there. NVG's, which are one heck of force mulitiplier, for example, holographic sights for another (EO-Tech, ACOG, etc).
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posted on
11/17/2009 8:59:59 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: Redcitizen
Thanks for the post. I enjoy these threads.
I am not exposed to as many different guns as I’d like to be.
I could benefit from a thread where gun enthusiasts would work up a photo and paragraph to relate what their favorite gun was, and some of the characteristics. A link to more info would be nice too.
If I could, I’m sure others would too.
I’d love to see someone who’s into some of the more recent esoteric weapons start a thread like that.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:05:41 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(A MELTING POT not a potters wheel. Join us. Don't try to turn this nation into the one you fled.)
To: HP8753
Optional thermobaric rounds! Wow!
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:06:46 PM PST
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: Redcitizen
Hey...saw this on the Military Channel - works like a charm. Now if they can get it into production within the next 10 years, that would be marvelous!
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:14:30 PM PST
by
Deagle
To: Lmo56
It should have been named High Explosive Airburst- Vectored Hostile Ordnance - HEAV(e) HO. As in give em the Heave ho.
Although Heeb got me snickering. =)
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:20:10 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
(Zartan for President 2012)
To: Redcitizen
Had to pull this photo out of the archives... I sent this to a friend who had gone with me to the museum at the Aberdeen Proving Ground many years ago... as a Christmas e-card!
The "gun that shoots around corners" is a HUGE "in-joke" between all of us who saw it that day at the museum.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:56:50 PM PST
by
Rodamala
To: Rodamala
I figured I should "plug" the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum's website, since I mentioned it in my post... If you are traveling on I-95 between Baltimore and Philly, have a few hours, and like big guns (the German V2 rocket, and railway gun were particularly interesting to me), you should DEFINATELY check it out.
http://www.ordmusfound.org/
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posted on
11/17/2009 10:12:14 PM PST
by
Rodamala
To: Rodamala
That looks like a lube gun. There is actually a weapon system that helps aim a gun pointed around a corner. its called Corner shot.
I saw it on Discovery with a glock mounted on it.
http://www.cornershot.com/
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posted on
11/18/2009 5:54:06 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
(Zartan for President 2012)
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