25 mm grenade
The 25 mm grenade is a type of explosive ordnance used in some modern grenade launchers. 25 mm grenades are armed after launch, after traveling a safe distance. Many types explode on impact, but others are designed to explode in mid-air after traveling a certain distance—used to clear entrenched or barricaded positions.
25 mm grenade
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- 25mm Grenade
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- 2004.
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- United States.
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The 25 mm grenade is a type of explosive ordnance used in some modern grenade launchers. 25 mm grenades are armed after launch, after traveling a safe distance. Many types explode on impact, but others are designed to explode in mid-air after traveling a certain distance—used to clear entrenched or barricaded positions.
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Examples of weapons designed to launch 25 mm grenades are the experimental XM25, the Barrett XM109 payload rifle, and the XM307 ACSW. The original use for this round was for the OCSW, now known as the XM307 ACSW. Later, a low velocity variant of the OCSW round was chosen for the XM25, which is derived from the XM29 OICW. There are two different versions of the 25mm grenade: the 25×40mm low-velocity round developed for the XM25, and the 25×59mm high-velocity round developed for the XM109 and XM307.
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2004
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- 1.globalsecurity: XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon
- 2.globalsecurity: Advanced Crew Served Weapon (ACSW)
- 3.John H. Edwards. Force Effectiveness Leap with OCSW. 2000.
- 4.globalsecurity: XM109 Anti-Materiel Payload Rifle
- 5.BARRETT: XM109 BRIEFING UPDATE, 11. Mai 2004. 20130719120125.
- 6.World of Guns: XM25 grenade launcher / air bursting assault weapon (USA)
- 7.Janes: 25 × 59 B XM307/LW25 grenades
- 8.ATK: Fuzing Innovations for Air Burst Munitions: A 25mm Case Study, April 2005 (PDF; 700 kB)
- 9.XM307 Program Reliability Growth, Ammunition Development and Advanced Technology Demonstration Tests, 2003 Small Arms Symposium & Exhibition National Defense Industrial Association May 13, 2003. 20161228004719.
- 10.ATK: Fuzing Innovations for Air Burst Munitions: A 25mm Case Study, April 2005 (PDF; 700 kB)
- 11.(PDF; 290 kB)
- 12.General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems: Advanced Crew Served Weapon (ACSW)–XM307; Ammunition Crew Safety & Precision Air-Burst, April 2005 (PDF; 1,4 MB)
- 13.(PDF; 191 kB)
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