XM25 "good enough"

[kaur]

New CG M4 is coming. According to rumors it has smart sight, that recognises rocket type, estimates the distance to the target, finds right point of aim etc. Sounds like a headache for HK.

http://www.saabgroup.com/en/Land/Wea...arl-Gustaf-M4/

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Project was/is planned to continue until at least Spring 2016:
see
'Army’s XM25 Gets More-Powerful, Streamlined Optic’', Army Times, 14 Oct 2015,
http://kitup.military.com/2015/10/ar...reamlined.html

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April 2015 RFI to be followed by 2016 market survey and 2018 EMD program,

see http://www.stratvocate.com/grow/find...5QKN-16-X-02V3

Training needs are being considered:

“Medium Caliber Ammunition: The Target Practice Day Night Thermal (TP-DNT) cartridges are 40mm grenade training cartridges. The low velocity variant is for training with the M203/M320 grenade launchers; the high velocity variant is for training with the Mk19 grenade machine gun. Both cartridges will provide the Warfighter with a non-dud producing, environmentally friendly training cartridge that provides a visual impact signature seen day or night, by the naked eye, through night vision devices,and thermal weapon sights. These cartridges will replace the 40mm Target Practice, M918/M385A1 (Mixed Belt) cartridges and the 40mm M781 cartridges. It is expected that the unit price for high velocity cartridges will be lower than the Mixed Belt cartridges. Funding for FY 2015 activities transitions to PE 0654802/Project EC1. In FY 2018 funding is in place to start an Increased Range Anti-Personnel (IRAP) Program which will extend the range of conventional 40mm Low Velocitygrenades from 300 meters to 600 meters. “

Extract from DoD FY 2016 President’s Budget Submission – Army Justification Book of R,D,T & E,
http://asafm.army.mil/Documents/Offi...orms//vol4.pdf

[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/?

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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 ?

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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.