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Originally Posted by Nightrider_88
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And hell with puny 25mm rounds))
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TL9 25mm HEAT rounds are not puny in their effects. They are not stopped by less than 7.5 inches of RHA. You have to wait til TL11 to get a battlesuit that will protect you from one. No vehicle lighter than the TL9 Light Battle Tank will protect you from a 25 mm HEAT either. Indeed, the 25mm HEAT may be the main reason for the LBT's existence.
Then 25mms are not only lighter and cheaper than 40mms they fly farther too. 2200 yards v. 450. With their low base cost making it cheaper to upgrade then to guided its the 40mms that the military might find itself having no use for. To upgrade from the 25mm you probably go straight to the 64mm missile which is so light and cheap that it does fine by itself so there's no real reason to integrate it into a rifle system. It's not like anyone ahs duct-taped an M-16 and a LAW together.