The XM25 Counter

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in 2010, after which malfunctions and 2013 program budget cuts delayed official entry into service, planned for early 2017.Soldiers Can Set When Grenade Explodes With New Launcher
''Army Times'', 12 October 2015 In early 2017, the contract with Orbital ATK was cancelled, calling the future of the entire program into question. The program was officially terminated on 24 July 2018.Army’s XM25 program officially goes kaput
''Stars and Stripes''. 10 August 2018.

Design

The XM25 CDTE fires 25 mm grenades that are set to explode in mid-air at or near the target. A

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in the weapon is used to determine the distance to the target. The user can manually adjust the detonating distance by up to shorter or longer; the XM25 automatically transmits the detonating distance to the grenade in the firing chamber. The grenade tracks the distance it has traveled by the number of spiral rotations after it is fired,