AUSA 25 – Rheinmetall Highly-Advanced Multi-Mission Rifle

Rheinmetall’s Highly-Advanced Multi-Mission Rifle has come quite a ways since I first mentioned it during a visit to Australia in 2022.

Originally referred to as the Squad Support Weapon, this semiautomatic 40mm shoulder fired weapon is box fed is capable of firing common low velocity as medium velocity ammo. It features a 5 round box magazine and the rounds are programmable via IR for desired distance until burst.

While many are concerned about the weight of a 40mm system, this offers one serious advanatge over other current individual grenade launchers, compatibility with all current 40mm grenades. Additionally, now that they’ve added a breach loading capability, rounds which are too long for the M203 or an semiauto action can be loaded one at a time into the HAMMR.

Although it hasn’t been formally put forward as a candidate for the US Army’s Precision Grenadier System program, it’s definitely a contender. Since the actual PGS program solicitations is still a few years out, Rheinmetall still has time to secure a US partner and make further refinements.

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