This looks like someone betting on a funding or performance failure with the XM25 program. It seems to offer similar capability - light, accurate, long-range explosives at the fireteam/squad level - without the dependency on the bulky and heavy OICW-derived 25mm launcher. If you run out of Pikes, you can still fire the whole rainbow of 40mm conventional grenades through your launcher. If your launcher fails, it's probably underslung on a perfectly serviceable 5.56mm assault rifle or carbine.
- C.
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