The Army Doesn't Know What to Do With Its New "Punisher" Gun
By Kyle Mizokami
Sep 9, 2016
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A weapon designed to give infantrymen a big boost in firepower has come under fire from the Pentagon, where leaders have complained that the Army has failed to actually issue the weapon to troops. The weapon, nicknamed "The Punisher," allows soldiers to engage enemy fighters hiding in cover. The Army insists it needs the weapon, but has not made a final decision on "final distribution."
Developed by Orbital ATK and Heckler and Koch, the gun's official moniker is the XM-25 "Punisher" Counter Defilade Target Engagement System. The weapons is designed to solve an age-old problem—how to kill enemy troops taking cover. The XM-25 calculates the distance to an enemy fighter hiding in a doorway, bunker, or behind a row of sandbags and then can fire a 25-millimeter grenade toward the target. The grenade is programmed to travel past the target and explode in midair, peppering the enemy from behind with lethal shrapnel.
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