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No Place To Hide!
Capable of shooting around corners – but who is around that corner? |
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"The XM25 air-burst assault weapon is a next-generation, semi-automatic weapon system designed for effectiveness against enemies protected by walls, dug into foxholes, or hidden in hard-to-reach places."
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| XM25 Airburst Weapon System |
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The 25mm airburst weapon system provides the soldier with a 300% to 500% increase in hit probability to defeat point, area, and defilade targets out to 500 meters. The weapon features high-explosive, airburst ammunition programmed by the weapon's target acquisition/fire control system.
The 25mm airburst weapon system integrates ballistics computation in the full-solution Target Acquisition/Fire Control (TA/FC) system. The soldier places the aim point on target and activates the laser rangefinder. The fire control system provides an adjusted aim point. The soldier places the adjusted aim point on target and pulls the trigger. Target information is communicated to the chambered 25mm round. As the round speeds down range, it measures the distance traveled and bursts precisely at the preprogrammed distance.
The 25mm airburst weapon system precisely delivers airbursting munitions in all conditions. It is five times more lethal at the M203 maximum range and continues to provide lethality well beyond the M203's maximum ability. The system is designed for optimum performance at 300 meters but will perform to 500 meters and beyond. |
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| XM25 and International Law |
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| With the ability to actually shoot a target hidden around a corner, without being able to differentiate whether the person hiding behind the corner is a soldier or a child, makes this weapon illegal under international law. |
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| XM25 Deployment |
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| OCTOBER 15, 2010 |
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| Futuristic gun that fires laser-guided grenades 'to be sent to Afghanistan for the first time' |
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...The XM25’s air-bursting 25mm rounds are capable of defeating an enemy behind a wall, inside a building or in a foxhole. It comes with a thermal sight and can hit targets up to 500 metres away...
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