XM-25: The US Army's first smart shoulder-fired weapon

Gizmag.com ^ | 05/27/09 | David Greig

[Reaganesque]

Interesting. Hopefully it works as advertised. It is cool looking, though.

[griffin]

Wow, the camo system works very well.

[lewisglad]

[null and void]

The batteries never go dead on an AK-47.

[ArrogantBustard]

The batteries never go dead on a gladius hispanicus, either.

[Jeff Head]

The real test will be how reliable it is in rough field conditions, day in and day out. If it is always jamming, breaking down, or doing an electronic "reset", it will have limited field usefulness, regardless of its clinical specs.

We shall see. I hope it is reliable and rugged and can be produced in numbers as such.

[bk1000]

“The batteries never go dead on an AK-47”

True that. Same with my EOTech. Cool device, but it needs a battery.

[null and void]

Aye. And the gladius allowed the Romans to take over the world.

[Talisker]

The batteries never go dead on an AK-47.

So we'll just have to settle for killing the enemy holding the AK-47, by using every high-tech device we have that will protect our soldiers from harm, including supplying them with batteries.

[griffin]

More of a specialized weapon though. Not a general use field rifle.

[null and void]

It should be fine. It runs on Windows®.

(Just kidding, I hope!)

[gaijin]

In order to provide for a 700 meter area hit, my guess is that some muzzle elevation would be required, and based on the look of the field of vision of the optics I’m not sure that the target would be in view.

That, or the velocity of the projectile is....completely remarkable.

It’s still interesting, however.

[lormand]

Awesome!

Wait until the Clintonites and Zerobots sell this technology to the Chinese.

[bmwcyle]

[UCANSEE2]

Really good weapon, it would seem.

Here’s another weapon someone linked to on another thread.

This would be a great ‘survival’ weapon....

The AA-12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ebtj1jR7c

[null and void]

More of a specialized weapon though. Not a general use field rifle.

Yes, as a part of a squad it could prove invaluable.

I wish it had a larger magazine, though...

[lewisglad]

[SJSAMPLE]

We still issue the M203 with infantry squads, the M-79 is making a comeback and the USMC has a rotary 40mm launcher.

I think it has definite possibility as a dedicated, general-purpose weapon.

However, when it was part of the OICW, it had a 5.56mm rifle in the equation. I wouldn’t want to be an infantry man without a rifle. I suspect they’ll also carry a carbine.

[lormand]

Actually it runs on Mac.

When you boot up the gun, a stupid Apple logo lights up the place so as to give your position away and drain half of it's power.

[griffin]

yeah...only 5 rnds. :( But I see it used more as a hybrid .50 cal/granade launcher than a field rifle?