Because the United States military doesn’t kick enough ass.

It appears that we’ve found the replacement for the M4 (assuming field tests go well, of course). If these stats don’t make your jaw drop then it’s lethality should least makes you nervous:

If the XM25 does what its developers hope, it will be able to fire an air-bursting round at a target from 16 meters away out to 600 meters with a highly accurate, 360-degree explosive radius.

The XM25 is about as long as a collapsed M4, weighs about as much as an M16 with an M203 grenade launcher attached and has about as much kick as a 12-gauge shotgun.

A Soldier can aim the XM25 at a wall concealing a sniper, for example, but “dial in” or adjust the distance by an additional meter above the target. When fired, the Alliant Teksystems-built round will explode above the enemy’s position, essentially going around the obstruction, Muldowney said.

“It’s so accurate, that when I laze to that target I’m going to be able to explode that round close enough that I’m going to get it,” Audette added.

The service hopes to field several types of 25mm rounds for the XM25 — for breaching doors, piercing armor, even non-lethal air burst and impact rounds, and an anti-personnel round

Let’s go to the slides:

[hat tip: defensetech.org]

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