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Title: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: skorpx1 on July 25, 2013, 12:55:30 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E92CLD5VXKg

The video has it all.

20mm shoulder fired cannon and its available for civilian use. Wouldn't mind getting me one of those, and you could probably pick things off from well over a mile away.
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: Zacherof on July 25, 2013, 01:04:56 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E92CLD5VXKg

The video has it all.

20mm shoulder fired cannon and its available for civilian use. Wouldn't mind getting me one of those, and you could probably pick things off from well over a mile away.
I know some military's are looking at 25mm sniper rifles....
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: Gman on July 25, 2013, 05:26:07 PM
This isn't a new idea.  The Solothurn and Lahti weren't exactly prevalent in WW2, but there were thousands of copies of both around.  Many Americans purchased Solothurn's as a surplus item prior to the gun laws changing in the sixties making it almost impossible to import them.

They came with 2 magazines and the optical sight, as well as a crate of ammo.  They were Swiss built and like a Rolex watch, which isn't always the best for a battlefield weapon.  At the Knox Machine gun shoot every year a few guys bring theirs and shoot stuff with them.  I've shot the Lahti before, but only seen the Solothurn up close.  Guys make their own ammo now by modifying surplus Nato 20mm rounds too.

(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTeG55Atu14H1TwgXRKj2JTIQn3D3cfZq_43VfQHDxW11cO9WJyBw)

Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: rpm on July 25, 2013, 06:03:20 PM
I forget the name of it but a few years ago there was a new shoulder fired 20mm combat rifle that was very cool. It worked sort of like a recoilless and fired smart HE rounds that would frag on command. Enemy 50 yds away hiding behind a 10ft wall? Set the range and the rounds would explode like puffy ack right on top of them. You could clear a room with just a few rounds thru a window or door with no visual on the nme.
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: curry1 on July 25, 2013, 06:11:21 PM
XM25 I think but it was a 25mm round.
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: Rino on July 25, 2013, 06:13:14 PM
     Sure looks like the XM25 fits the bill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM25_CDTE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM25_CDTE)
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: smoe on July 25, 2013, 06:13:50 PM
I forget the name of it but a few years ago there was a new shoulder fired 20mm combat rifle that was very cool. It worked sort of like a recoilless and fired smart HE rounds that would frag on command. Enemy 50 yds away hiding behind a 10ft wall? Set the range and the rounds would explode like puffy ack right on top of them. You could clear a room with just a few rounds thru a window or door with no visual on the nme.

I remember the show, I think it Richard " Mack" Machowicz's show. I thought it had a 40mm smart grenade, auto-loading belt fed with the above mentioned options.
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: rpm on July 25, 2013, 06:37:22 PM
XM25 I think but it was a 25mm round.
That's it. :aok
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: rpm on July 25, 2013, 06:43:10 PM
I remember the show, I think it Richard " Mack" Machowicz's show. I thought it had a 40mm smart grenade, auto-loading belt fed with the above mentioned options.
The XM25 isn't belt fed. Must be a different weapon system you're think of.
(http://www.finestdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/XM-25-Smart-Weapon.jpg)
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: Rino on July 25, 2013, 07:59:05 PM
     That's the XM307, a belt fed crew served 25mm that can be converted to 50 cal in about 2 minutes.
Very wild recoil system and the same laser ranging system for the airburst munitions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCAiQyuWfOk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCAiQyuWfOk)

(http://world.guns.ru/userfiles/images/grenade/gl24/xm307-2.jpg)

     The Military channel episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f9FHKQdLzA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f9FHKQdLzA)
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: Stellaris on July 25, 2013, 08:02:42 PM
For sophisticated western armies, there are sophisticated western weapons.

For everyone else, there's Kalashnikov.

Don't leave home without it!
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: Rino on July 25, 2013, 08:25:24 PM
      Anyone kn ow who manufactures the RPG?  Seems like a billion of those out there as well.
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: Nashorn on July 25, 2013, 09:30:59 PM
what RPG are you talking about, there are many variants of launcher starting with rpg like, 7, 18,16,22,26,27,28,29,30,32
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: Plawranc on July 26, 2013, 12:10:02 AM
AK 47's FOR EVERYONE


*a cookie for anyone who gets that reference*
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: skorpx1 on July 26, 2013, 09:46:25 AM
what RPG are you talking about, there are many variants of launcher starting with rpg like, 7, 18,16,22,26,27,28,29,30,32

I think he meant who manufactures the RPG series as a whole. Google is nice in these situations, so try that instead.
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: Zacherof on July 26, 2013, 01:02:32 PM
I forget the name of it but a few years ago there was a new shoulder fired 20mm combat rifle that was very cool. It worked sort of like a recoilless and fired smart HE rounds that would frag on command. Enemy 50 yds away hiding behind a 10ft wall? Set the range and the rounds would explode like puffy ack right on top of them. You could clear a room with just a few rounds thru a window or door with no visual on the nme.
US/allies have a "smart" 30mm gernade   IE  airburst on command lol
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: HPriller on July 27, 2013, 07:48:58 PM
Sound like the OICW project which they canned a few years back.
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: curry1 on July 27, 2013, 09:32:32 PM
AK 47's FOR EVERYONE


*a cookie for anyone who gets that reference*

In Command and Conquer Generals that is said when you get the upgrade for the Mob unit upgrading their pistols to Ak-47s IIRC.

Haven't heard that in awhile.

Here have this on me:

(http://i.imgur.com/PDjlbnc.gif)
Title: Re: 20mm Shoulder-Fired Cannon Anyone?
Post by: Plawranc on July 28, 2013, 03:39:56 AM
^^^ WE HAVE A WINNER!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sskCGaRTe-c