* XM25 CDTE

* XM25 CDTE A 25 mm low velocity smart cannon / grenade launcher for an individual soldier.

The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement ( CDTE ) System, also known as the Punisher and Individual Semiautomatic Air Burst System is an air burst grenade launcher derived from the XM29 OICW.

The XM25 CDTE fires 25 mm grenades that are set to explode in mid-air at or near the target.

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* XM25 CDTE

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( Increment 2 is the standalone XM25 Individual Airburst Weapon System, and Increment 3 is the XM29 OICW, a weapon that combined the earlier two increments.

A working XM25 prototype is tested in 2005 ; this was part of OICW Increment 2

) One of the weapon's developers, Richard Audette, believes that the XM25 is a big leap forward because it is the first small arms weapon to use smart technology.

Later, a low velocity variant of the OCSW round was chosen for the XM25, which is derived from the XM29 OICW.

* XM25, an airburst grenade launcher

Meanwhile, the XM25 25x39 mm airburst launcher began development to meet the Increment Two requirements.

The user can manually adjust the detonating distance by up to shorter or longer ; the XM25 automatically transmits the detonating distance to the grenade in the firing chamber.

** XM25 ( Uses low velocity 25 mm smart airburst munition )

The Army plans to purchase 12, 500 XM25s in 2011 at a cost of $ 25, 000 each and have them fielded by 2012, enough for one XM25 system in each infantry squad and special forces team.

Examples of weapons designed to launch 25 mm grenades are the experimental XM25, the Barrett XM109 payload rifle, and the XM307 ACSW.

There are two different versions of the 25mm grenade, the 25 x 40mm low-velocity round developed for the XM25, and the 25 x 59mm high-velocity round developed for the XM109 and XM307 ACSW.

The OICW Increment I Request for Proposals was cancelled in October 2005, while development of the 25x40 mm XM25 continued, and the 25x59 mm OCSW program as well until its termination.

The kinetic energy component split off into the XM8 rifle program and the airburst component developed into the XM25 airburst weapon.

Weapons using this new technology include the XM29, XM25, XM307, K11, and PAPOP, all of which are in various stages of prototyping or testing.

These features make the XM25 more effective than traditional grenade launchers at the task of hitting targets that are behind cover or dug into the ground ( i. e. in defilade.

In the summer of 2010, the United States Army began field testing the XM25 in Afghanistan, with an initial per unit cost of the early models range from to $ 35, 000.

According to U. S. Army project manager for new weapons, Colonel Douglas Tamilio, the rounds for the XM25 will cost about $ 24 each.

On September 12, 2012, Alliant Techsystems received a $ 16. 8 million engineering and manufacturing development contract modification for the XM25.

ATK will be supporting another Army XM25 forward operational assessment scheduled for 2013 with a 36 gun battalion set of new pre-production prototypes.

* Military. com-A First Look at the XM25

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