Barrett 25mm rifle, fact or mith

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doggtag RE:Barrett 25mm rifle, fact or mith 5/23/2004 11:57:37 PM

...it could be a single-shot version firing the same fuzed rounds of the 25mm OCSW... which interestingly enough can be converted into a .50HMG by changing the barrel and breech mehanism. It (the Barrett) could fill the role between heavry rifle and the heavier OCSW..

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eon RE:Barrett 25mm rifle, fact or mith 6/9/2004 10:57:14 AM

By this logic, you probably could build an M82 in 25mm OCSW by changing its barrel and breechblock. But what about recoil?.

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gf0012-aust But what about recoil? 6/9/2004 11:18:52 AM

Maybe you could counter some of the recoil by floating the breechblock and retipping/changing the muzzlebreak?

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Horsesoldier RE:But what about recoil? 6/9/2004 2:08:43 PM

Use the same recoil comp as the OICW was fitted with -- 25mm OCSW is the same round they want the thing to fire, so it is not going to kick like an M242 Bushmaster round or anything.

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B.Smitty RE:But what about recoil? 6/9/2004 2:23:26 PM

It's called the "Payload Rifle" link link Apparently it kicks like a 3.5" Magnum 12-gauge round.

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eon RE:Short OAL of 25mm 6/10/2004 9:50:46 AM

It's also considerably shorter back-to-front than the M82 .50; 45 inches, or one inch more than the old M-14. This makes it a bit more maneuverable in a tight spot, I'd imagine..

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Shooter RE:Short OAL of 25mm 11/10/2004 3:04:31 PM

It kicks more than any 12 gage load in a light gun or the M-82 in 50 cal. It is semi auto and I suspect that the heavy recoil is why no one has bought it to date. I like to shoot it but am a known masocist? I think what we really need is an intermeadiate 40 mm round and heavier gun to shoot it. If it was semi auto, weighed 6 kilos, had a fancy sight system and a 100-125 M/S MV, it could with some of the ammo on the design boards now, replase the ATRL and light mortar with a sigle weapon.

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dudley RE:Short OAL of 25mm 11/25/2004 3:10:52 AM

25 mm is a cannon not a gun.Ever see a 25 mm socket,its huge.50 caliber is .5 in and is a peanut in comparison.

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Gunther RE:Short OAL of 25mm 11/25/2004 5:48:29 AM

It's a weapon looking for a job. May be useful for long range work, especially against light vehicles, but that job much better suited to crew services weapons. As for close in fire support for the squad, 40mm does that much better. And now we are seeing 40mm grenade launchers in development capable or firing the high velocity rounds like M384 used in the MK 19. Such as FNs new 40mm High-Impulse Weapon System (HIWS). Get the low down here link This make it a much harder sell, I'll doubt they'll find any customer apart from the Spec Ops community, such a system may be very useful for small independent combat units, who often lack support.

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Maratha I agree with Dudley 12/6/2004 9:44:41 AM

What Dudley wrote is quite true. Actually 25mm should be classified as a big bore and not a small bore rifle. Also with such a high velocity bullet the recoil is real "Horse Kick" !! I would say it is more of a Gatling gun for a soldier but with all the negatives of no rapid fire.

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