New army rifle

[727Sky]

Subject: The U.S. Army's New Rifle Is A Game Changer ...
 
  
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XM25 25mm Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) System ...
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PEO Soldier Two infantry units within the 101st Airborne Division were issued the XM25 in November 2010. According to an Army After-Action review, the XM-25 fired 55 ...
 

 
You can run, but you can't hide ...

I just hope these guns will be dispersed immediately so we can start destroying every last one of these sick demented animals that have no value for humanity. Send them ALL to Allah where they wish to be, so they can enjoy their 72 virgins in HELL, where they belong ...
 
The U.S Army's New Rifle Is a Game Changer
 

 
 
The XM25 (now the MXT135), designed by Minnesota's Alliant Techsystems, has been in development for about seven years and the first prototypes have been doled out to combat units in Afghanistan earlier this month.  
 
The 12-pound, 29-inch system, which costs up to $35,000 per unit, is so sophisticated that soldiers are proficient users literally within minutes. (U.S. Army)  At $45/round it is a real bargain.
 
A lot of ISIS fighters are going to get their wish to meet Allah and get their 72 Virgins.
 
The MXT135 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System has a range of roughly 7,800 feet - and is to be deployed in Afghanistan soon.  I would call it the "Equalizer."  Some call it the "Punisher"
 
The rifle's gun sight uses a laser range finder to determine the exact distance to the obstruction, after which the soldier can add or subtract up to 10 meters from that distance to enable the bullets to clear the barrier and explode above or beside the target.
 
Soldiers will be able to use them to target snipers hidden in trenches rather than calling in air strikes.
The 35-millimeter round contains a chip that receives a radio signal from the gun sight as to the precise distance to the target.
 
Lt. Col. Christopher Lehner, project manager for the system, described the weapon as a 'game-changer' that other nations will try and copy.
 
The Army plans to buy 42,500 of the MXT135 rifles this year, enough for every member of the infantry and Special Forces, at a cost of $11,900.00 each.
 
Lehner told Fox News: "With this weapon system, we take away cover from [enemy targets] forever.  Tactics are going to have to be rewritten.  The only thing we can see [enemies] being able to do is run away."
 

 
Experts say the rifle means that enemy troops will no longer be safe if they take cover. The MXT135 appears to be the perfect weapon for street-to-street fighting that troops in Afghanistan have to engage in, with enemy fighters hiding behind walls and only breaking cover to fire occasionally.
 
The weapon's laser finder would work out how far away the enemy was and then the U.S. Soldier would add one meter using a button near the trigger.
 
When fired, the explosive round would carry exactly one meter past the wall and explode with the force of a hand grenade above the Taliban fighter.
 
The Army's project manager for new weapons, Douglas Tamilio, said, this is the first leap-ahead technology for troops that we've been able to develop and deploy." 
 A patent granted to the bullet's maker, Alliant Tech systems, reveals that the chip can determine how far it has traveled.  Mr. Tamilio said: "You could shoot a Javelin missile, and it would cost about $69,000.  These rounds will end up costing $45.00 apiece"
 
They're relatively cheap.  Lehner added, "This is a game-changer.  The enemy has learned to get cover for hundreds if not thousands of years.  Well, they can't do that anymore.  We're taking that cover from them and there's only two outcomes: We're going to get you behind that cover or force you to flee."  The rifle will initially use high-explosive rounds, but its makers say that it might later use versions with smaller explosive charges that aim to stun rather than kill.

One of the revolutionary bullets that can be pre-programmed to explode to hit troops that are hiding.
GO ARMY!

I would hate to have to carry a 12 pound weapon Plus the ammo for a day in the mountains, or any other place for that matter.. Yep it appears to be a great weapon and by the cost it darn sure should be..

[guohua]

Cool! 

[Daitengu]

Bit heavy ..... now they need willie pete an beehive rounds for it ..... though still better to call in good old fashioned napalm strike an make crispy critters ......

[727Sky]

Bit heavy ..... now they need willie pete an beehive rounds for it ..... though still better to call in good old fashioned napalm strike an make crispy critters ......

At least you and I understand each other !! hahahah

[Ninurta]

Looks to me like they're about to learn the shortcomings of a new and really expensive weapons system. G.I. Johnny better not get too reliant on it, or Jihad Jimmy will wind up killing him with rocks and breaking his new toys.

Good Lord - does no one recall the K.I.S.S. principle? Did they stop teaching that when they came out with M4's and all their battery operated geegaws?

I recall in April of 2004 when I was approached for a contract in Baghdad. The recruiter was all sorts of gushy about the issue weapons - M4's and Sigs, Said I could put any kind of geegaws on my M4 that my heart desired. Pfft! I asked him if I couldn't just take my own kit, and bypass the Buck Rogers Leggo set, and he said no.

I didn't go, and I'm still here.

There comes a time when technology becomes your worst enemy, because you get too reliant on shit that breaks or dies. Mr Murphy steps in, and there you are, all naked and squealing.


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