MARS Inc & Barrett Win US Army Precision Grenadier System Competition

[Talyn]

The US Army has announced that the MARS Inc and Barrett team has been selected as the winner of the xTech Soldier Lethality competition for the Precision Grenadier System.

MARS Inc.’s Squad Support Rifle System (SSRS) uses the long recoil action developed by Michael Merino, which is also used by the Olympus Arms Vulcan rifles, it feeds from a 5 round box magazine and fires 30x42mm grenades. The SSRS also incorporates a patented pneumatic dampener to help mitigate the recoil from firing a high velocity 30mm round.

MARS Inc & Barrett Win US Army Precision Grenadier System Competition

The US Army has announced that the MARS Inc and Barrett team has been selected as the winner of the xTech Soldier Lethality competition for the Precision Grenadier System.In a press release Barrett explain:“In six months, this team of agile businesses were able to design, build, test, and...

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[SHOT 2025] Mars Inc.’s Precision Grenadier System

Mars Inc.is one of two companies which the US Army have selected as finalists for the Precision Grenadier System competition.PGS seeks to engage targets at ranges from 35 to 500+ meters using a variety of grenades including a Counter Defilade (behind cover) round, a Close Quarters Battle round...

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[Talyn]

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Barrett Unveils Next-Gen 30mm Precision Grenadier System

Barrett has unveiled the next generation of its 30mm Precision Grenadier System designed to meet the US Army’s evolving requirements.

thedefensepost.com

 

[Shibadog]

I thought we’d just seen FN pick up a contract for this a couple weeks ago?

 

[Talyn]

More info on the ongoing Precision Grenadier System program...

US Army wants new grenade launcher, ammunition to be able to destroy drones

The Army is calling for prototype submissions that include 16 weapons, fire controls systems and around 25,000 rounds of ammunition.

www.militarytimes.com

FN America MTL-30 prototype

 

[PieterCoetzee]

Hopefully this will lead to a dedicated Grenadier, and no more silliness of heres your rifle and bolt this to the bottom. The M79 was a great weapon. Grenadiers were trained to be GRENADIERS. Then came the M203 and the soldier was expected to be both a rifleman AND a grenadier, which meant he either humped more weight of less ammo for BOTH the rifle and the grenade launcher. Neither is a good compromise

Id sooner suffer one less rifleman and have a Grenadier that can drop rounds on target

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