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XM25 is an airburst grenade launcher (Now named Individual Semi-Automatic
Airburst System ISAAS) derived from the XM29 OICW. The system has been
developed by Heckler & Koch and Alliant Techsystems, while the target
acquisition/fire control is developed by L-3 IOS Brashear. The most
recent deployment plans call for a purchase of 12,500 XM25s at a projected
cost per weapon system of $25,000. In November 2010, US Army troops
deployed in Afghanistan have reportedly been supplied with brand new,
hi-tech and long-range rifles. Nine years after the US Army deployment
in Afghanistan began, soldiers apparently now have use of XM25 Individual
Airburst Weapon Systems. The ISAAS consists of a rifle that fires a
25mm airbursting round that is programmed by the weapon's integrated
target acquisition and fire control system to detonate directly above
an intended target. The XM25 measures the distance to the enemy's protective
barrier, and can then program the round to detonate a user-adjustable
distance past that, allowing Soldiers to put an air-bursting round directly
above the enemy's head, inside their protected area, even if they are
behind a wall or inside a building. Five of the weapons were deployed
with the 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan in October 2010, along
with 1,000 hand-made air-burst rounds. The soldiers reported that the
weapon was extremely effective at killing or neutralizing enemy combatants
firing on US troops from covered positions. After testing in Afghanistan,
the XM25 was renamed Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) System.
In August 2013, the Lt. Col. Shawn Lucas, the PEO Soldier program manager
for individual weapons at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., said the XM25 is
currently in the "engineering and manufacturing development phase,"
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