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The XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon (ACSW) was a developmental 25 mm belt-fed automatic grenade launcher with programmable airburst capability. It is the result of the OCSW or Objective Crew Served Weapon project. It is lightweight and designed to be two-man portable, as well as vehicle mounted.
XM307 ACSW (Uses high velocity 25×59mm smart airburst munition, automatic grenade launcher) XM312 (.50 BMG version of XM307) Mk 47 (Mk 47 Mod 0) (40 mm automatic grenade launcher capable of using smart 40 mm airburst grenades) Land Warrior; XM26 Lightweight Shotgun System (A lightweight 12-gauge bolt-action accessory shotgun)
Examples of weapons designed to launch 25 mm grenades are the experimental XM25, the Barrett XM109 payload rifle, and the XM307 ACSW. The original use for this round was for the OCSW, now known as the XM307 ACSW. Later, a low velocity variant of the OCSW round was chosen for the XM25, [2] which is derived from the XM29 OICW.
The XM312 is a heavy machine gun derived from the XM307 25 mm autocannon and chambered for the .50 BMG cartridge. It was designed in response to a request by the U.S. military for a replacement for the aging M2 Browning heavy machine gun, and as a complement to the heavier XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon grenade launcher.
XM307 (Grenade machine gun, 25 mm HV Airburst) M75/M129 (Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40×53mm) M174 grenade launcher (Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40×46mm) M175 grenade launcher (Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40×53mm) Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher (Manually Operated, Belt-Fed Grenade Launcher, 40×46mm) Mk 20 Mod 0 (Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40 ...
The 25 × 59 mm round that is used in the XM109 is the same one originally developed for the cancelled XM307, product of the Objective (later Advanced) Crew Served Weapon program (OCSW / ACSW). As with the XM307, the XM109 can be reconfigured back to .50 BMG, in the XM109's case this is done by swapping the 25mm upper receiver for a standard ...
It led to the XM312 and XM307 designs. As a part of the SAMP ( Small Arms Master Plan ) program, it had the same laser targeting system as the XM29 OICW , but was intended to supplement the 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher and the .50 M2 Browning machine gun .
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