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[Malcolm]

Read first and then double click on the link at the end of the scrip and
photo's.

 

 

New U.S. Army Rifle!!!

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The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System has a range of roughly
2,300 feet - and is to be deployed in Afghanistan soon. I would call it the
"Equalizer." Some call it the "Punisher".

The rifle's gun sight uses a laser rangefinder to determine the exact
distance to the obstruction, after which the soldier can add or subtract up
to 3 meters from that distance to enable the bullets to clear the barrier
and explode above or beside the target.

Soldiers will be able to use them to target snipers hidden in trenches
rather than calling in air strikes.

The 25-millimeter round contains a chip that receives a radio signal from
the gun sight as to the precise distance to the target.

Lt. Col. Christopher Lehner, project manager for the system, described the
weapon as a 'game-changer' that other nations will try to copy.

He expects the Army to buy 12,500 of the XM25 rifles this year, enough for
every member of the infantry and special forces.

Lehner told Fox News: "With this weapon system, we take away cover from
[enemy targets] forever. Tactics are going to have to be rewritten. The only
thing we can see [enemies] being able to do is run away."

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Experts say the rifle means that enemy troops will no longer be safe if they
take cover. The XM25 appears to be the perfect weapon for street-to-street
fighting that troops in Afghanistan have to engage in, with enemy fighters
hiding behind walls and only breaking cover to fire occasionally.

The weapon's laser finder would work out how far away the enemy was and then
the U.S. soldier would add one meter using a button near the trigger.

When fired, the explosive round would carry exactly one meter past the wall
and explode with the force of a hand grenade above the Taliban fighter.

The army's project manager for new weapons, Douglas Tamilio, said: ''This is
the first leap-ahead technology for troops that we've been able to develop
and deploy."

A patent granted to the bullet's maker, Alliant Techsystems, reveals that
the chip can determine how far it has travelled. Mr. Tamilio said: "You
could shoot a Javelin missile, and it would cost about $69,000. These rounds
will end up costing $25.00 apiece."

They're relatively cheap. Lehner added: "This is a game-changer. The enemy
has learned to get cover, for hundreds if not thousands of years. Well, they
can't do that anymore. We're taking that cover from them and there's only
two outcomes: We're going to get you behind that cover or force you to
flee." The rifle will initially use high-explosive rounds, but its makers
say that it might later use versions with smaller explosive charges that aim
to stun rather than kill.

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What one of the revolutionary bullets looks like that can be pre-programmed
to explode to hit troops that are hiding.

 

DOUBLE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK TO VIEW A VIDEO.

 http://video.foxnews.com/v/4438880/xm-25-rifle-in-action

 Alan

 

 

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