Barrett's Smart Grenade Launcher: The SRSS | SHOT Show 2025

by James Reeves

Published: January 24th, 2025

Barrett Firearms showcases the Squad Support Rifle System (SSRS) at SHOT Show 2025. The SSRS is a revolutionary 30mm precision support rifle tailored for the U.S. Army's Precision Grenadier System (PGS) program. Engineered to tackle modern battlefield threats, it excels in counter-defilade scenarios, neutralizing UAS, and engaging dismounted targets. The SSRS is poised to redefine squad-level firepower with unmatched lethality, versatility, and soldier safety.

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Jacob on Jan 24, 2025

With this grenade launcher, the XM7 battle rifle allegedly replacing the M4, and the .338 Norma mag machine gun possibly replacing the M240, future infantry squads are definitely going to need mechs or exosuits to carry all the heavy equipment.
Or maybe these programs are going nowhere.

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- NTX on Jan 24, 2025
  
  The interesting thing the Barrett rep said was that the PGS is intended to replace the M203/M320. I haven’t heard that anywhere else, the verbiage is always “supplement”. If they do get rid of the low velocity launchers and ammo you could see the weight disparity between legacy and future load outs decrease. I am skeptical that a single rifleman could carry enough of the 30mm magazines to equal his 40mm ammo load though…the bulk to significant. More likely, they’ll end up spreading load across the squad, the same way they do (and will) with 7.62 NATO and 6.8 Common.
  
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- Lcon on Jan 24, 2025
  
  @NXT the Army’s TOE for the PGS and XM919 stated 1 per squad replacing 1 M320 with a total of 3 per platoon.
  
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- Lcon on Jan 24, 2025
  
  Weight wise a fully loaded XM7 is about 13 lbs. that rifle, suppressor, Optic, ammo. If you add on a VFG and a minidot maybe 14-15 lbs. that’s heavier than a a naked M4A1 but if you start kitting out the same way that’s not as big a weight difference. If you look at the USMC’s M27 in its current configuration it’s about 13 lbs. US army is officially not replacing the M240 with the MG338, they are replacing the M249 with the XM250 which may also replace some M240s. If the Army did move to adopt the MG338 it would be in the weapons squad as a crew served. The biggest issue is the ammunition weight but for the MG338 that’s between two men.
  
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MediumSizeTex on Jan 24, 2025

"Contact, 20 meters left!"

"Dangit! Hold up, guys--" [fumbles with bandolier full of magazines] "Gimme a second, just need to find the CQB shells, hold on..."

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- Lcon on Jan 24, 2025
  
  At that close he could probably use an M17.
  
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- Jacob on Jan 24, 2025
  
  Imagine trying to do that while a FPV drone is charging you.
  
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- Lcon on Jan 25, 2025
  
  @Jacob. That problem applies just about universally launcher, shotgun, rifle and so on.
  
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- Jacob on Jan 25, 2025
  
  @Lcon I agree. There are probably better counters to light drones like jammers, but if I had to choose an anti-drone weapon, it would probably be a KAC masterkey or just a short barreled semiautomatic shotgun. I just think this grenade launcher suffers from having too many differing roles.
  
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