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 ...

I found out on late Friday afternoon that the U.S. Army cancelled its XM25 25mm airburst weapon contract with Orbital ATK Inc. Nicknamed "the Punisher" and designed by Orbital ATK and Heckler & Koch, ...

Delays and price hikes have plagued the Army's XM25 launcher acquisition, but a major program decision could come as early as the end of the calendar year. A Defense Department Inspector General's ...

The U.S. Army has built countless weapons platforms for different eras to battle various types of enemies. The XM25 was oozing with lots of potential and seemed like a powerful grenade launcher-style ...

The airburst weapon that U.S. service members lovingly nicknamed 'The Punisher' may be dead in the water, but the Army is still working on fielding a next-generation precision weapons system designed ...

May 27, 2005 The XM25 Advanced Airburst Weapon System is an entirely new class of weapon that takes the concept of a grenade launcher and adds some smarts, thereby increasing the probability of hit-to ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. -- The Army’s shoulder-fired 25mm airburst weapon that many soldiers call “the Punisher” is slowly winning the approval of the infantry after a decade of scrutiny. The boxy, ...

American infantrymen could soon get a lot more fearsome in the field: The Army has just developed a rifle that will enable soldiers to attack around corners and inside trenches. The bullet itself ...

Summary and Key Points: The XM25 Punisher was a promising grenade launcher developed by the US Army, designed to fire 25mm programmable grenades that could detonate at precise points. -Its ...

WASHINGTON (Sept. 28, 2012) -- The U.S. Army is preparing to conduct a second Forward Operational Assessment of its XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement airburst weapon system. Program managers are ...

Here’s the first look at the final version of the deadly XM25. We learned this morning of the weapon’s destructive power, but now we have a photo of the final version and all the details, starting ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 9, 2013) -- The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement weapon system is now in development. But by this time next year, the system may have moved into low-rate ...