Current Event

1. Topic:
Its about a XM-25 smart grenade launcher

2. Article Title:
XM-25: The US Army's first smart shoulder-fired weapon

3. Article Source:
I got the article from Gizmag

4. Summary:
It is a smart grenade launcher, it is capable of taking out enemy behind walls or in fox holes using an air burst grenade. They can program the grenade to detonate over top of whatever they want. A German arms manufacturer called Heckler & Koch and a US manufacturer called Alliant Tech systems. Both companies helped build the semi-automatic five shot smart grenade launcher called the XM-25. The weapon has two types of non-lethal grenades blunt and agent dispersing air burst plus armor piercing, and door breaching grenades. The smart grenade launcher is Capable of hitting a point target at 500 meters and area targets at 700 meters away.

5. Reaction:
I feel this weapon is going to help out a lot of soldiers because they said it improves their accuracy by 400%. With a rang up to 700 meters away. The soldier doesn't even have to be close to take out an enemy. I feel that every soldier in the battlefield should have access to one of these smart grenade launchers. The weapon can be used day or night because it has an infrared scope and a thermal optic scope. The weapon also has a rangefinder.

6. World Impact:
The XM-25 impacts the world by allowing the soldiers to be more effective on the battlefield. If they have better weapons they will be less soldiers dieing. If they can fight the war without ever having to get close to the enemy then that's the way they need to fight it.



May 27, 2009 Xm-25 smart grenade launcher Gizmag