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Originally Posted by Phoenix_Dragon
A loaded AGS-17 also weighs three times as much as the 25mm payload rifle, and almost thirty times that 3.5+ pound weapon system. Probably not a good comparison.
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It's a belt-fed heavy automatic weapon, in a slightly larger caliber. It's probably quite fair to compare it to the payload rifle, which is semi-portable and semi-auto. Maybe not to the underbarrel launcher - underbarrel and stand-alone long-arm launchers usually have muzzle velocities that are much lower than heavy weapons like the AGS-17 (around 1/3 as fast).
It is notable, though, that the XM-25's muzzle velocity is actually a bit higher than the AGS-17's. And that might be more the model for the 25mm launcher in UT than the M203 is.