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    Default niches for the XM-25 and rifle grenades

    XM25 could be “good enough” for use in some kind of adventure park but virtually useless everywhere else. See post 928 on Roles and Weapons with the Squad.

    Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
    In the end, today's rifle grenades have two niches:

    (1) Whole small unit grenade salvo without many heavy GLs
    (2) Large calibre grenades (see the Simon doorbreacher rifle grenade).
    That first niche would require prompt supply of spare rifles, carbines and attachments to replace those damaged or wrecked delivering volley fire during operations, and earlier in range practice and field exercise ?

    What useful niches (other than salvo line throwing) are left when a section/squad typically has hand grenades, UGLs and demo charges plus Armbrust, M-72 or suchlike; and when a modern platoon can have a 60mm handheld mortar (issued or attached) and also one or more 40mm MGLs ?
    Last edited by davidbfpo; 10-17-2011 at 07:44 AM. Reason: Last sentence replaced at author's request

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