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The XM25 fires a programmable airburst 25mm smart round. It consists of the weapons system with a target acquisition control system mounted on top. Army photo A soldier aims an XM25 Counter Defilade ...

U.S. Army weapons officials predict that the long-awaited XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement weapon will be ready for fielding by late 2014. The weapon will be known as the M25. "We'd take the X ...

May 27, 2005 The XM25 Advanced Airburst Weapon System is an entirely new class of weapon that takes the concept of a grenade launcher and adds some smarts, thereby increasing the probability of hit-to ...

WASHINGTON (Sept. 28, 2012) -- The U.S. Army is preparing to conduct a second Forward Operational Assessment of its XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement airburst weapon system. Program managers are ...

The airburst weapon that U.S. service members lovingly nicknamed 'The Punisher' may be dead in the water, but the Army is still working on fielding a next-generation precision weapons system designed ...

Delays and price hikes have plagued the Army's XM25 launcher acquisition, but a major program decision could come as early as the end of the calendar year. A Defense Department Inspector General's ...

The U.S. Army has conducted a live-fire test of the Barrett-MARS Squad Support Rifle System, a 30×42mm semi-automatic grenade rifle capable of engaging entrenched targets and small drones. Known as ...

The future has arrived for the U.S. military: guns that kill enemies behind walls. Last week, the Army deployed in Afghanistan prototypes of its first-ever programmable "smart" grenade launcher, a ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 9, 2013) -- The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement weapon system is now in development. But by this time next year, the system may have moved into low-rate ...

American infantrymen could soon get a lot more fearsome in the field: The Army has just developed a rifle that will enable soldiers to attack around corners and inside trenches. The bullet itself ...

May 27, 2009 The XM25 Individual Air Burst Weapon is looking likely to be the shoulder-fired weapon of choice for the US military to kill or neutralize hidden targets. Due for field test this summer, ...