tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-2012-03-24T15:10:59ZComments for I'll take oneWe're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010Movable Type 4.12tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.115802009-11-13T13:55:26Z2009-11-13T20:13:45ZI'll take oneSince Augetter got the Whatziss... let's go ahead with this one.A Soldier aims an XM-25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md. It fires 25 mm grenades that are set to explode in mid-air at or near the target. It features an array of sights, sensors and lasers housed in a Target Acquisition Fire Control unit on top, an oversized magazine behind the trigger mechanism, and a short, ominous barrel wrapped by a recoil dampening sleeve....The Armorerhttp://www.thedonovan.com A Soldier aims an XM-25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md. It fires 25 mm grenades that are set to explode in mid-air at or near the target. It features an array of sights, sensors and lasers housed in a Target Acquisition Fire Control unit on top, an oversized magazine behind the trigger mechanism, and a short, ominous barrel wrapped by a recoil dampening sleeve.]]>
tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95478Comment from eric on 2009-11-15eric
oh and it shoots 40 mm grenades, not these 25 mm firecrackers
2009-11-15T08:43:21Z2009-11-15T08:43:21Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95477Comment from eric on 2009-11-15eric2009-11-15T08:38:31Z2009-11-15T08:38:31Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95472Comment from Grimmy on 2009-11-14Grimmy
That sight package is, no matter how robust it's claimed to be, way too fragile for long term foot mobile use by grunts too far away from the armory for extended periods.
It'll probably do fine with units that start and end their day's patrols from an organized base with lots of logistics support. But any unit that needs to be in the field for extended periods will, most likely, come to see such a weapon as more liability than use.]]>
2009-11-14T20:06:28Z2009-11-14T20:06:28Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95471Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-11-14John of Argghhh!http://www.thedonovan.com2009-11-14T15:00:21Z2009-11-14T15:00:21Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95466Comment from BillT on 2009-11-14BillThttp://www.thedonovan.com
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2009-11-14T08:34:54Z2009-11-14T08:34:54Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95464Comment from BillT on 2009-11-14BillThttp://www.thedonovan.com
*Big* problems with soldier-proofing it.
It looks like they still have a ways to go -- I see entirely too many external moving parts that'll need to be kept dirt-and-dent-free in combat. And that Fire Control Center mounted up top for setting the fuzes on the 25mm round will need *lots* of batteries... ]]>
2009-11-14T08:30:28Z2009-11-14T08:30:28Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95455Comment from Papa Ray on 2009-11-13Papa Ray
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2009-11-14T01:07:35Z2009-11-14T01:07:35Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95453Comment from Fishmugger on 2009-11-13Fishmugger ]]>
2009-11-14T00:02:18Z2009-11-14T00:02:18Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95449Comment from Sean Maloney on 2009-11-13Sean Maloney2009-11-13T23:02:12Z2009-11-13T23:02:12Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95448Comment from threadbndr on 2009-11-13threadbndr2009-11-13T23:00:11Z2009-11-13T23:00:11Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95447Comment from 11B40 on 2009-11-1311B40
We used to call the old M-79 Grenade Launcher the shoulder mortar. ]]>
2009-11-13T22:55:24Z2009-11-13T22:55:24Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95445Comment from Attila on 2009-11-13Attilahttp://www.thedonovan.com2009-11-13T22:23:18Z2009-11-13T22:23:18Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11580-comment:95443Comment from RetRsvMike on 2009-11-13RetRsvMike
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