U.S. infantry weapons man entered the era of precision attack

Last month, U.S. forces battle in Afghanistan were using a new type of XM25 rifle, which can accurately calculate the distance of the enemy by strong radio signals to configure the "smart bullet." After firing, the bullet will break through obstacles to reach the enemy side exploded flowers! U.S. military says that the new rifle was revolutionary, and perhaps all future combat strategies are so changed.
   
    Zhong Guangwang Beijing December 1 report, according to Voice of China, said that "bullets do not have eyes," but the U.S. military has put into use in the XM25 rifles in front of these things have to change. This new type of "future rifle" fired a bullet to the preparation for the procedure, so bullets fired over some distance still to accurately locate targets and exploded. Length of the bullet's eye in the end here? Zhongguang Wang Yong-Chun Liang military observers to us in detail.

XM25 is a U.S. infantry soldier weapons testing a new generation of models, according to the number of U.S. military weapons and equipment, those who are beginning to test models of X, that such weapons have not yet finalized, and now the new weapons the U.S. military in Afghanistan test site, so XM25 was first sent to test its combat effectiveness in Afghanistan in the end how. This rifle can achieve the goal of future precision-guided man-grenade launchers, according to international practice it could not have known rifle, the rifle should not exceed 20 mm maximum diameter, and the U.S. reached 25 mm in diameter XM25, which is not fired traditional bullets, bullets are usually produced by the launching point of the target of anti-momentum, while the XM25 can be explosive warheads, to achieve an area of destruction, coupled with its precision-guided, it can not do the traditional rifle the past, the Russian man who invented a large-caliber rocket launchers used, they boasted that the rocket is to stand to the infantry howitzer shoulders, and now the United States XM25, can be said that the satellite missile launchers mounted on the infantry shoulder.

Compared to things by the book, aiming and shooting the old weapons, the bullet apparently Fengyun their way into the Army's weapons and a new era. It integrates the body laser range finder, ballistic computer, compass and display, but also equipped with infrared and optical sights, which the technical content than the traditional rifle is much higher, and it fired ammunition with chips, but also with traditional bullet completely different. Although it is not used in the new face of these technologies, but can so many cutting-edge technology integration in a gun body, this is the ability of Americans. When shooting, the gunmen through the installation of the XM25 sight to aim at a target on the gun body of the laser range finder can be shot at once precise distance, ballistic computer can calculate the optimal trajectory of shooting, it bullet with chips that can acceptable computing shooting parameters, so that after launch the bullet will fly a certain distance from the enemy exactly exploded overhead.

XM25's "advanced" is no doubt, however, "advanced" is that trend? XM25's popularity on the road, there is a multi-insurmountable obstacles.

XM25 marks the advent of mankind's oldest infantry branches of the military also began to enter the era of precision attack, which is a cross-time changes, other countries would certainly have to follow the development of similar weapons. But the XM25 also many weaknesses.

First, the continuity of its firepower is not good. Because it is precision shooting, so sure enough firepower density, which for the infantry in combat is still a big problem. Even if the guns to shoot very accurate, but certainly can not replace the more violent machine gun fire.

Second, its reliability is also questionable. XM25 integrates many high-tech precision equipment, precision equipment can not meet the harsh environment on the battlefield, is a big problem. On the battlefield, an infantry only a gun, the reliability of weapons is his life.

Third, it's cost. Is now estimated that the cost of a XM25 is eighteen thousand U.S. dollars, about 25 dollars a bullet, compare the more familiar AK-47 and sold a $ 300, that an American soldier in the hands of an XM25, it the cost to other countries, two platoons of armed. Costs so high, so it can not never replace the traditional infantry weapons, because the world is only one, after all, the United States