>>64496317
On the money. Airburst 25mm grenades is basically the scaled up version of what Russia and Ukraine is doing, 3D printing 5.45 and 5.56 sabots that hold ratshot, so they can shoot down drones in cases where you can't get shotguns out to platoons.
Does drone takedown way better than what can be achieved with shotguns, while doubling as mobile smoke and IDF system.
We'll probably see a slight restructure of the squad element, where you have 6 rifleman, 2 crew served, 1 squad leader, 1 medic, 1 RTO, and 1 dedicated grenadier. You'll have guys still carrying 320's, but one guy will be rocking this specifically, probably with an M4 as backup, if not, an M17.
We MIGHT see the anti personel munitions from the XM25 make a come back but probably not. Those grenades were so fucking expensive, more than the cost of the XM25. And once it got out of the hands of the 101st, and HK fumbled the ball, a whole lotta minds were turned off.
>>64497519
HK's manufacturing inconsistencies was the problem. Grenades are fucking scarry.
>HURR FUKIN PUSSY
Everybody thinks that until you're holding one in your hand, and one little fucky wucky on how you twist the pin smokes your ass. A whole fucking magazine of grenades is even worse.
>>64497497
The M27 is a workaround for replacing the M4 for the Marines, ding dong. The Marines have long since transitioned to being an amphibious force, and they wanted something that would handle water better than the M4. Which is why HK made special modifications to the 416 specifically for the M27, mainly dealing with water drainage after the gun has been completely submerged.
