The Army's XM25 'Punisher' airburst weapon is officially dead

US Army

• After years of delays and cost increases, the Army has officially pulled the plug on the XM25 Counter-Defilade Target Engagement System.
• The 25mm shoulder-fired airburst weapon was lovingly nicknamed ‘The Punisher.’
• The program was in limbo since May 2017, when the Army’s senior leadership canceled its contract with Orbital ATK after the defense firm “failed to deliver the 20 weapons as specified by the terms of the contract.”

After years of delays and cost increases, the Army has officially pulled the plug on the XM25 Counter-Defilade Target Engagement System, the 25mm shoulder-fired airburst weapon lovingly nicknamed ‘The Punisher,’ Stars and Stripes reports.

Originally touted as a “leap-ahead” enhancement to soldiers’ arsenals in Afghanistan, the XM25  semi-automatic weapon that uses a target acquisition and fire control system to identify targets, determine range, and program specially-designed, high-explosive ammunition to explode in proximity to enemies nearly 2000 feet away.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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