Thread: XM-25 is US Military's PK-Rocket
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12-27-2009 03:32 AM #1
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XM-25 is US Military's PK-Rocket
watched a bit of this today and noticed they described the exact way that we use this rocket on 2142, surely we will gain an unmeasurably greater advantage over our enemies in afganistan now. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgYMQf3nvlM[/media]
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12-27-2009 03:50 AM #2
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Q-Spotting
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPPNLgyv5I8[/media]Fnord
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12-27-2009 09:22 AM #3
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They've been working on the XM-25 'for a couple of years'. Battlefield 2142 is out in stores for a couple of years.
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I like it how things like these match with fiction.It's a signature...
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12-27-2009 09:49 AM #4
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Today the PK rocket! Tomorrow, THE TITAN!!!
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12-27-2009 11:08 AM #5
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Oh god....i'd love to see our side get giant floating artillery boxes
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12-27-2009 11:39 AM #6
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"Add two meters" I've heard this line so many times in-game.
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12-27-2009 11:44 AM #7
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Oh I totally want a recon cloak.
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12-27-2009 07:51 PM #8
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enemy spotted !!!
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12-27-2009 08:18 PM #9
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I WANT A KNIFE WITH THE DOGTAG ON IT!!! Nothing says "DONT MESS WITH USA!" Like a blade of democracy. God bless the USA. (And beastly knifes)
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."- Sun Tzu, The art of war.
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12-27-2009 08:57 PM #10
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"Virescit Vulnere Virtus."
"Leading cause of death: second hand stupidity" - original author unknown...
"{My grump-o-meter starts to make a high-pitched whine when I point it at your post, though.}" -- Axis
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12-27-2009 10:14 PM #11
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The XM29 Objective Individual Combat Weapon program is much more like the rifles of 2142. It combined a rifle with the airburst flat trajectory GL. They split the program because they just could not get the weight down to a reasonable level. So the XM25 was the mag fed airburst GL and the XM8 was the rifle. The XM8 was canceled, and I personally think you'll see the XM-25 canceled as well.
It weighs 14 pounds, which is just a bit more then a loaded M16/203. The fact is, unlike in 2142, a cement wall or shipping container can be shot through with any number of weapons. Medium or heavy machine gun fire, GL rounds, rounds from sniper or battle rifles, and any number of vehicle mounted weapons cut right through the kind of cover you shelter behind in game.
Fact is, the airbursting grenade is an answer in search of a question. It does nothing that cannot be done easily and more cheaply by any number of tested and proven weapons.
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12-28-2009 06:18 AM #12
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Yes, pray & spraying cover with bullets >>> accurate airburst explosions
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12-28-2009 07:39 AM #13
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I reckon some of the best people for using these rockets are here at TG..
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12-28-2009 11:48 AM #14
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PK rockets are so nuke-me-from-orbit. Guns face to face are much more fun.
But still, this looks cool!
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12-28-2009 07:55 PM #15
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Hell yes. Got a sniper? Not sure what window he's in? Bring up the M240. Not sure what floor he's on? Call in some armor. Not sure what building he's in? That's why we brought the JDAMs.
Originally Posted by Lyramion
Yes, pray & spraying cover with bullets >>> accurate airburst explosions
Some MG in the woods? It's displacing? We can't pin it down? That's why we brought plenty of artillery. No trees, no MGs.
There are no points in war for expending limited ammo. No infiltrator pins, no KDR. Accuracy stats are not tracked. Did you just use a 50,00 dollar missile to kill four guys with RPGs older then they are? If yes, then you are doing it right.
Call for air support, let the tanks deal with it, level the grid square with a time on target barrage. There are no points for second place, and there is no kill like overkill. Bounce the rubble.
During WWII, the German prisoners would often bitterly complain about how their fights with American infantry were always interrupted by P-47s or by Allied arty. They said that in the German army the infantry "solved its own problems", while the American infantry would just set up a base of fire and call for indirect fire.
During the Gulf War the USS Missouri used a Pioneer UAV to spot targets for her 16 inch guns. The Missouri moved off the gunline after a bit, and USS Wisconsin took over. As the Wisconsin's Pioneer flew over head, the Iraqi soldiers frantically began to wave bedsheets and handkerchiefs at it.
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