NUance Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 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. LINK 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Good. The better weapons we have, the more bad guys we kill, and the more of our boys come home. Me likey. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 25 mm?! That's some rifle! That's more than the cannon rounds on an F-16. Quote Link to comment
Apathy Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Dear Santa, I want this for Christmas! Love, Brett Quote Link to comment
okaive Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Only problem is, if we have them, then they can get them. Greed is a powerful thing. Quote Link to comment
huskerscott Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 that is freaking sweet!!!!!!!!!!!! I should be able to get some squirrels and rabbits with that thing. Quote Link to comment
HUSKER 37 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Can't wait until it starts showing up at the local gun shows/flea markets. Maybe I should buy stock in the really big helmets before then. Quote Link to comment
Blaze1up Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Comes equipped with Airburst, wicked man. Quote Link to comment
Blaze1up Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Just realized this gun is the G-11 on Call of Duty. Quote Link to comment
T_O_Bull Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Awsome weapon but I still love the following best... This is the weapon that put down three Iraqis through a cinderblock wall at just under a mile and a half and recorded a kill at over 1.5 miles in Afganistan, longest recorded kill shot ever. T_O_B Quote Link to comment
Blaze1up Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Is that the M24 or the L115A1 ? Quote Link to comment
walksalone Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 They've been working on this thing forever. Originally, it was supposed to be the OICW, objective individual combat weapon. It was supposed to be a rifle (which fired 5.56mm rounds and a grenade launcher, which launched 30mm grenades. Somewhere along the way, it looks like they scrapped that. The grenade launcher was supposed to have the same capabilities. Me personally, I wouldn't want it, i'd take this.... Quote Link to comment
Blaze1up Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 The M4, good gun. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Awsome weapon but I still love the following best... This is the weapon that put down three Iraqis through a cinderblock wall at just under a mile and a half and recorded a kill at over 1.5 miles in Afganistan, longest recorded kill shot ever. I just watched a show with that sniper talking about that kill shot last night. Cool stuff. The guy is just a regular fella, and he was very businesslike about the whole thing. The weird thing he said was, the Taliban are brave as hell. He fired his first shot and it hit a few feet below the three Taliban, causing a spray of dirt and rock. They knew they were being shot at, but they just stood there looking around. Of course they couldn't see this guy and his spotter 1.5 miles away, so the sniper lined up his next shot - and missed again. I can't remember how many shots he took, but it was at least three, one of which went through the backpack of the guy he was targeting. Finally he got his sights lined up and fired the fatal shot. He said he saw the Taliban go down but didn't stick around to see what he'd done to the guy. A .50 caliber bullet through the body is 100% fatal, though. The projectile is the size of your thumb. That's a hell of a thing to have traveling through your body at just under the speed of sound. Quote Link to comment
74Hunter Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 The weird thing he said was, the Taliban are brave as hell. He fired his first shot and it hit a few feet below the three Taliban, causing a spray of dirt and rock. They knew they were being shot at, but they just stood there looking around. Of course they couldn't see this guy and his spotter 1.5 miles away, so the sniper lined up his next shot - and missed again. I can't remember how many shots he took, but it was at least three, one of which went through the backpack of the guy he was targeting. Finally he got his sights lined up and fired the fatal shot. He said he saw the Taliban go down but didn't stick around to see what he'd done to the guy. A .50 caliber bullet through the body is 100% fatal, though. The projectile is the size of your thumb. That's a hell of a thing to have traveling through your body at just under the speed of sound. Meh, I wouldn't say that they are brave. To stand there while someone is shooting at you is more like stupid. Brave men don't bomb churches, mosques, and embassies. Nor do they prey on women and children. Quote Link to comment
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