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'''XM25''' is a smart airburst grenade rifle with new precision-guided warheads and since the summer of 2010, a weapon deployed with the [[U.S. Army]] on the Afghanistan battlefield. Product development was five years by PEO Soldier. Rifle launcher is made by [[Heckler-Koch]] with a sight acquisition computer from Alliant Techsystems. The weapon fires 25-mm shells nearly a half-mile. Five unique types of warheads; Thermobaric, Flechette, Training, High-explosive airbursting, Non-lethal. The Pentagon plans to buy at least 12,500 of the guns in 2012 at a cost between $25,000. and $30,000. each.

The '''XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System''' (CDTE) is a high-tech [[rifle]], designed by Minnesota's Alliant Techsystems for the [[United States Army]], 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. The '''XM25''' is a semi-automatic, shoulder-fired weapon system that has a range of roughly 2,300 feet; the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System weighs 12-12.5 lbs. and is 29.5 inches in length, and the weapon can reach a point target range of 500 meters and an area target range of 700 meters.<ref>Joshua Rhett Miller. [http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/24/armys-revolutionary-rifle-use-afghanistan/ U.S. Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' XM25 Rifle in Afghanistan], [[Fox News|FoxNews.com]], November 28, 2010.</ref>

 

The XM25 CDTE is extremely effective because three components have been designed, optimized, and integrated to achieve unrivaled air-burst capability. Critical to the system is the ability of the Target Acquisition/Fire Control (TA/FC) to accurately detect, and determine range to targets under the full spectrum of operations conditions, as well as calculate an optimal ballistic solution to engage [[defilade]] or exposed targets. The TA/FC programs the ammunition via a wiring harness in the weapon and air-bursts at the predetermined range. The shoulder-fired weapon can deliver a 25mm air-bursting round at a velocity sufficient to engage point defilade or exposed targets out to 500 meters.<ref>XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System (specs): [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:azdDhNjBTr0J:https://peosoldier.army.mil/factsheets/SW_IW_XM25.pdf+XM25+Counter+Defilade+Target+Engagement+System&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg-v6SbS0mDsz4xll8F5ft2tnQEnoQMEBD98Ao94j06zFEtxOXmwcIehT_8bShgr4u1eqPWToIeG9AtUthomaGY8oN9oORuEybo0_h-6PkPTluiTRE7aHCMuzQ6yQuKmTXp0FHT&sig=AHIEtbT6LwXV02LSVmsdCYCuGxjGNtnpQA Fact Sheet].

 

 

Development of the XM25 rifle was completed in the summer of 2010, and it was deployed with the [[U.S. Army]] for use on the [[Afghanistan]] battlefield. Product development was five years by PEO Soldier. Rifle launcher is made by [[Heckler-Koch]] with a sight acquisition computer from Alliant Techsystems. The weapon fires 25-mm shells nearly a half-mile. Five unique types of warheads; Thermobaric, Flechette, Training, High-explosive airbursting, Non-lethal. The Pentagon plans to buy at least 12,500 of the guns in 2012 at a cost between $25,000. and $30,000. each.

 

==External Links==

==External Links==

* [http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/11/10/30147-army-testing-xm-25-smart-high-explosive-weapon-for-soldiers/ Army testing XM-25 'smart' high-explosive weapon for Soldiers]

* [http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/11/10/30147-army-testing-xm-25-smart-high-explosive-weapon-for-soldiers/ Army testing XM-25 'smart' high-explosive weapon for Soldiers]

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