Xm25

[pyrat]

U.S. Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' XM25 Rifle in Afghanistan

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[cconn]

Ugly bastard.

 

[Charlie]

I haven't seen them yet at WallyWorld! Ugly for sure but that's what they said about Glocks! I'd like to see the specs on it.

 

[SIG_Fiend]

It's nearly 2011. Shouldn't we have plasma rifles and hover cars by now?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

$35,000 per unit & the ammo has microchips in them......what is ammo cost, lol.....

 

[Charlie]

I guess handloading is out of the question.

 

[M. Sage]

25mm air-bursting grenades? Heck yes!

You can fire a grenade through a window and have it go off in the middle of a room. If someone is behind a ridge, you can have the grenade burst 3 feet beyond the ridge line. There's no hiding from this, you just die.

 

[Dcav]

I remember seeing the XM-8's and all there variants in 2004 at a military career fair. Looked interesting but nothing ever came of them.

 

[M. Sage]

The XM8 didn't offer anything that the M16 and M4 didn't already deliver. That's also the reason why the SCAR-L was recently dropped.

The worst part about the XM8 (which is pretty much just a G36 with a "body kit" on it)? That it didn't use standard accessories, and we'd have been tied to H&K ("We hate you. And you suck.") for them!

 

[opiateofmasses]

I was pretty good with a m203, and could get a round through a window nearly every time at 150m.

But with this the computer does the ballistics for you. You could put it through a window easily at half a click. Only you don't even need the window - because you can just program the round to penetrate a wall and then explode.

Talk about surgical...

 

[matefrio]

Soon all the alphabet agencies will have them then the local PD. They'll start with the "Less Lethal" rounds and move on.

 

[M. Sage]

I was pretty good with a m203, and could get a round through a window nearly every time at 150m.

But with this the computer does the ballistics for you. You could put it through a window easily at half a click. Only you don't even need the window - because you can just program the round to penetrate a wall and then explode.

Talk about surgical...

Plus the 40mm from the 203 would explode on the floor or wall the the back of the room. Not quite optimal. Having the grenade airburst in the middle of the room (or just inside the window, which is where a shooter likely is going to be found) is going to be more effective.

 

[Clockwork]

It's nearly 2011. Shouldn't we have plasma rifles and hover cars by now?

Man, you said it. I want my BFG9000 already.

 

[M. Sage]

Hmm, I'm also hearing that this thing has thermobaric grenades available. That's just a whole other level!

 

[Wolfwood]

Hmm, I'm also hearing that this thing has thermobaric grenades available. That's just a whole other level!

yeah these have been around for a while i remember reading an article about them or seeing a tv spot about it or somehtign a while back.

down right scary!

and sage Fuel-Air-Bomb grenades?

for serious?

**** i hope im never up against this gun... and yes, i mean the gun, at this point the soldier is just a mobility system for the gun, and the gun does the fighting.



holy balls.

 

[Wolfwood]

"That's how intuitively easy it is, even though it's high-tech," Lehner said. "All a soldier needs to know how to do is laze the target. It decimates anything within its lethal radius."


so if there were say ten guys in the 'lethal radius' it would only kill one of them?

 

[AusTex]

I would rather see them spend the money on fuel to keep a ah-64 above our boys heads at all times over there with FLIR and 30mm to rain down on those fuckers than have a gun that cost 35k to pull the trigger. If they know exactly where a guy is at 1000+ yards a way just drop a bomb on his ass.. I know this comment isn't helpful I am just getting sick about the casualties coming out of Afghanistan recently. Our guys are getting chewed up over there. Speaking of that here is a great short read about one of my friends units 3/5. Sangin, the Fallujah of Afghanistan, and what it means to your Marines - By Tom Ricks | The Best Defense

 

[ThrottleHead250]

thats pretty amazing! that video makes it clear how devestating it will be to the enemy! i hope our ground guys get some of these!

 

[IXLR8]

Its not likely to used against us if captured. Where are they going to get microchip ammo? Although I am sure they already thought of this, what if the enemy has an EMP device that frys the electronics in flight. If it is like the South Korean weapon, it will detonate on impact if the rifle runs out of batteries for the ballistic computer/fuse setter.

South Korean K11 Airburst rifle

It appears that both will be deployed to Afgan for "Combat testing". the K11 also has a 5.56 rifle built in, just in case....

 

[Pappy]

Great stocking stuffer.....