Monday, November 22, 2010

Now that's a Gun

Soldiers in Afghanistan are now using the new XM-25 assault rifle.  Git u sum!  From CNN:

The weapon can be set so that bullets will explode either on impact, in front or behind an object, depending on the way the weapon is programmed, said Lehner.

A soldier can use it to target and kill an enemy hiding behind walls, in a home, or other barrier from nearly 2,300 feet away, he said.

"In the hands of a soldier trained for only a few minutes, he was able to adjust the systems, get the range of a target, launch it and hit them dead-on," he said.

"They were hitting a steel target silhouette at 503 meters away. They didn't even have to be that precise, but the weapon was that precise. And we found they were hitting right center mass, time after time after time."





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