Here’s What You Need to Remember: The capability to engage enemy troops behind cover is useful but anything that does that and nothing else is impractical from an infantryman’s perspective and an ...

The U.S. Army has built countless weapons platforms for different eras to battle various types of enemies. The XM25 was oozing with lots of potential and seemed like a powerful grenade launcher-style ...

June 18, 2025: The U.S. Army has a new 25mm Precision Grenade Launcher/PGS. This weapon has an effective range of up to a kilometer and the ability to take out drones as well as ground targets. This ...

To increase lethality at the small unit level, the U.S. Army is pursuing the Precision Grenadier System (PGS) to give soldiers a flexible weapon that can engage enemy troops behind cover, lightly ...

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For normal use, the gun only needs to be pointed at an enemy (up to 1,640 feet away) and the XM25’s laser rangefinder will decide when the grenade will explode. After several years of work, Orbital ...

A soldier aims a XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement system during testing at Aberdeen Test Center in Maryland. (US Army) The US Army's contest for a follow-on contract for its high-explosive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FN America's MTL-30 Precision Grenadier System prototype. (FN America) After two decades of searching for a new grenade launcher, ...

The XM25 was originally one of two weapons, the other being a 5.56mm rifle, incorporated in the 8.2 kg XM29 OICW. The OICW was originally developed as a replacement for the 40mm grenade launcher ...