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美國陸軍展示未來武器系統
[據法國《防務宇航》2009年12月15日報導] 美國陸軍士兵需求部門輕武器分部推出了30多種武器系統，包括：手槍、步槍、狙擊武器、機槍以及榴彈發射器等，以參與2009年12月15日在紅雲試驗場開展的特種實彈射擊演示。這些武器代表了美國陸軍輕武器戰略的60%，其中包括新型狙擊技術、武器升級和空爆步槍樣槍。美國陸軍主要致力於研究如何提高單兵武器的射擊精度和功能，以及減輕武器重量。同時還將繼續改進武器系統的內部結構與功能。
美國陸軍展示的武器系統之一是M240L中型機槍，它是M240B機槍的輕量化改型。除了減輕重量之外，輕武器分部還致力於縮短槍管並為M240L機槍提供折疊式槍托。預計該機槍將于未來10個月之內開始在全陸軍範圍內裝備使用。美國陸軍展示的其他武器系統還包括：M2 A1式12.7毫米機槍、XM25空爆步槍以及若干狙擊系統。M2 A1機槍是M2機槍的升級型號，可快速更換槍管，並具有固定的上部空間和時機。美國陸軍目前還致力於研製一種輕型12.7毫米機槍，以作為M2 A1機槍的火力補充。XM25空爆步槍將利用高爆空爆彈的精確火力打擊有遮蔽的目標。樣槍目前仍在研製。
本次演示中展示的狙擊系統包括：M110半自動狙擊系統、M24 A2式狙擊武器系統、M107遠端狙擊步槍以及現正在研製的精確狙擊步槍。這4種武器將對狙擊系統領域產生重大影響。
（北方科技資訊研究所 劉婧）http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/110669/us-army-shows-future-weapons-in-live_fire-demo.html
Live-Fire Demo Showcases Future Weapons
(Source: US Army; dated Dec. 11, web-posted Dec 14, 2009)
FORT BENNING, Ga. -- The Small Arms Branch of the Soldier Requirements Division rolled out more than 30 weapon systems - including pistols, rifles, sniper weapons, machine guns and grenade launchers - for a special live-fire demonstration Tuesday at Red Cloud Range.
The weapons, including new sniper technology, weapons upgrades and an air burst rifle prototype, represent 60 percent of the Army's small arms strategy, said Lt. Col. Thomas Henthorn, chief of the small arms branch.
The demonstration was to familiarize Maj. Gen. Michael Ferriter, Fort Benning's commanding general, with new and future technologies the branch is pursuing for warfighters, Henthorn said.
"We've found the focus is on accuracy, function and making (weapons) lighter for our Soldiers," Ferriter said. "We continue to refine the inner workings of the weapons."
Ferriter had the opportunity to shoot weapons and prototypes still in development. One of the weapons showcased was the M240L medium machine gun, a lighter alternative to the M240B machine gun. The M240L weighs 21-and-a-half pounds, six pounds lighter than the M240B.
"Lightening Soldiers' loads is a key element of what we want to do," Henthorn said. "We are carrying a lot of weight downrange on missions because we want capability. Every pound we take off a guy is a pound he doesn't have to carry up and down a hill."
Along with reduced weight, the branch is shortening the barrel and providing a collapsible butt stock for the M240 L, said Troy Harris, deputy chief of the small arms branch. Henthorn said Army-wide fielding could begin in 10 months.
Other featured weapons included the M2 A1 .50-caliber machine gun, the XM 25 air burst rifle and several sniper systems.
The M2 A1 is an upgrade to the M2 machine gun. It provides a quick-change barrel and fixed head space and timing to reduce Soldier errors and associated safety risks, according to a report prepared by the Small Arms Branch. The Army is also working on a lightweight .50-caliber machine gun to augment the M2 A1, Henthorn said.
The XM 25 air burst rifle would allow Soldiers to engage targets in defilade with precision fire using high-explosive air-burst munitions. The prototype rifle is still in development, but Sam Wansack of the Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., said he expects the weapon to have broad implications on the battlefield.
"This will be our leap-ahead technology to take out targets we can't defeat with a bullet from a rifle, said Wansack, an engineer at ARL, which is responsible for developing the weapon.
Sniper systems featured at the demonstration included the M110 semiautomatic sniper system, the M24 A2 sniper weapon system, the M107 long-range sniper rifle and the precision sniper rifle, which is in development.
Mike Cassidy, a sniper project officer with the Small Arms Branch and former sniper with the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, said all four weapons would have big impacts in the sniper community.
"The biggest benefit snipers are getting is overmatch against the enemy's capabilities," said Cassidy, of future projects, such as the precision sniper rifle, to extend the range of sniper weapons. "We're making the enemy stand off further so they can't engage but we are still able to reach them."
"We're doing the right things," said Ferriter at the conclusion of the live fire. "We're making more accurate systems, fitting them better to our gear and making them lighter."
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