A new gun the US army hopes will help take on the Taliban has been unveiled.
Called the XM-25 it has been described by the US Army as a 'game changer'.
It uses a laser superintendence network and specifically created 25mm high bomb rounds that may be automatic to erupt over a target.
Richard Audette helped rise it is to US Army and says it's a large jump deliver since it's the initial tiny arms arms to use chic technology.
Full answer
"The way a infantryman operates this is essentially find your target, then laze (laser) to it, that gives the range, then you obtain an practiced target point, arrange the glow and lift the trigger.
"Say you've lazed out to 543 metres... When you lift the trigger it arms the turn and fires it 543 metres in addition to or reduction one, two or 3 metres."
It means the arms may be used to target insurgents stealing at the back walls or in ditches without the must be call in air strikes.
"That creates it a full answer glow manage weapon".
It's already been released to soldiers in the US army portion in Afghanistan and could be used by British special forces too.
In a matter the MOD wouldn't criticism on the new gun but mentioned it is committed to supply front line infantry in Afghanistan with the most appropriate probable equipment.
In addition it mentioned it is always meddlesome in evaluating rising technology.
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