Laser Wars

Laser Wars

The 'Punisher’ Lives: The Army Has a Futuristic New Grenade Launcher

Can the Precision Grenadier System succeed where the XM25 failed?

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Jared Keller
May 27, 2025
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The Squad Support Rifle System (SSRS), Barrett Firearms and MARS Inc.’s submission for the US Army’s Precision Grenadier System program. (Barrett)

Editor’s note: Yes, this is yet another post that is not about laser weapons, but I feel it still fits within the bounds of the focus on futuristic defense tech I laid out in my introductory post. If you woul…

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