XM25 "good enough"

[davidbfpo]

Via Twitter and the opening passage:

U.S. Army‘s senior leadership has ended an agreement with Orbital ATK Inc. that spanned two decades over the XM25 25mm airburst weapon, a move that could put the troubled weapon system’s future into jeopardy.

Link:http://taskandpurpose.com/army-kills...burst-weapon/?

[Compost]

US Army authorities have revealed little about the status of the XM-25 project in 2017. It may be continuing as a technology demonstrator for ‘brilliant’ ammunition/technology. Alternatively the whole project may have been suspended pending some decision, or even terminated with un-expended funds transferred to another project or a contingency pool.

Has any useful statement been made since the early May 2017 report on military.com ?

[Compost]

On 13 August it was reported the XM-25 project has been conclusively terminated:
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...xm25-punisher/

Hence the US Army is now likely to promptly adopt some kind of shoulder-fired multi-shot weapon that can fire one or more types of 40mm grenade cartridge. For support of foot-mobile infantry it also likely to sponsor new forms of micro guided munitions which can be powered or glided all the way to a target.