Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points and Summary: During the Global War on Terror, the U.S. military explored smart grenade launchers weapons like the OICW, XM307, and XM109,...
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Key Points and Summary: During the Global War on Terror, the U.S. military explored smart grenade launchers weapons like the OICW, XM307, and XM109,...
Key Points: The XM25 “Punisher,” a revolutionary programmable grenade launcher designed to improve soldier lethality, was canceled in 2017 despite promising early results. -The...
Say Goodbye to My Little Friend: The Short-Lived XM25 Grenade Launcher – “Say Hello to my little friend.” That iconic scene with Al Pacino...
The XM25 could have been a game-changer for the US Army as a new platform to fire grenades. But sadly, for many reasons, the...
Earlier this week on 19FortyFive, we published a story on the XM25 25x40mm grenade launcher aka the “Punisher,” an ill-fated joint venture between Heckler...
The XM25 Punisher had the looks of a killer. The US Army had to change its mind: There are countless examples of military systems that...
There are countless examples of military systems that shouldn’t have gone forward – but too often designers “chased” the problems, and in the end...