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| U.S. Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' XM25 Rifle in Afghanistan |
| 2010-11-29 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #11 Laze the window, clear the room-or blow out the window? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-11-29 23:42 |
| #10 I read Gust Front for free here, but I didn't really like it (boring Aliens) I liked this one. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-11-29 20:10 |
| #9 Headed toward the Mobile Infantry c.f. The MI from Starship Troopers - the book (not the crappy film that shows no power armor nor tactiscs - its all charge or flee while spraying or praying with no engineers, arty of air cover, blech). Or better yet, John Ringo/Posleen style Mobile Infantry. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-11-29 19:54 |
| #8 It's just waiting to be mounted on an exoskeleton with a bigger capacity. Watch from 1:22 |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-11-29 19:43 |
| #7 I've always thought each squad should have the ability to lay-waste 270 acres. A nuclear hand-grenade of a certain size would do the trick. Fragmentation shit could be left off to save weight. It would be like....... um Teeth Pull 12312423534564657568678679769780980 RRUUUUUUUU N! |
| Posted by: Goldies Every Damn Where 2010-11-29 19:36 |
| #6 What will all the truly amazing recoil suppression techniques they have today, I've long held a dream of a squad sized light cannon. And since cannon rounds are 20mm and larger, and this is fired in direct fire mode, it could technically be called a cannon. Even more so because it has both an HE and AP round. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-11-29 19:21 |
| #5 Technically if it has lands & grooves it's a rifle as are the 16" guns on the Missouri. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-11-29 17:30 |
| #4 I'll bet the ROEs will changed to disallow their use unless it can be confirmed that there are no women, children, ducks or fluffy bunnies around that corner. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-11-29 15:28 |
| #3 Nice idea. I will leave to you ground pounders to debate the rifle versus grenade launcher. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-11-29 15:28 |
| #2 Vaguely similar to the Johnny Seven OMA, but without all the features. It does cost more, though. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-11-29 15:04 |
| #1 It is not a rifle, it is a grenade launcher that aims and fires like a rifle. Fox News reminds one that to the press, any armored vehicle is a tank and any rifle is high-powered. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-11-29 13:41 |