U.S. Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' XM25 Rifle

[knapplc]

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.

I'm quoting the soldier who fights them. Take it up with him.

 

[NUance]

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.

That, and he might not have realized he was being shot at. At 1.5 miles away the sound would be fairly muted, and come a second or two after the round hit.

 

[UGAHusker]

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

A high-tech rifle that essentially fires small mortor rounds accurately...wow....just...wow.

 

[74Hunter]

I'm quoting the soldier who fights them. Take it up with him.

I wasn't trying to bust your chops, just giving my opinion.

 

[T_O_Bull]

Is that the M24 or the L115A1 ?

Its the MacMillan TAC-50 manufactured in Phoenix, Arizona.