I haven't heard much about the XM8 lately, anyone have any idea if the Army is still considering it as it's next weapon?

Yeah, what happened? It looked so promising they intended to get the first batch in soldiers' hands in June then... nothing.

IT'S CRAP!

'Nuff Said

Looks like a lush toy! I would be glad to be given that rather then a SA80 even if it is crap! Seems a bit weird to change the barrel to changes the weapons funtions and also changing the mag housing for different rounds! Sounds compatible enough to me . Would you mind explaining to me why the XM8 is crap please?

A sharpshooter version gimme gimme gimme

i for one think that its a good improvement over the our current weapons. anyone have any links to sites with info about the XM8? i havent heard anything new either, so i have no clue whats in its future.

The plastic parts melt under extreme heat. Like when you fire a ton of ammo. And it's built off the H&K G36 Weapon system. Never liked it, never will. The AR-15 weapon system is perfect. I've already talked about it once, and I don't want to go over it again.

And before people tell me that the AR-15 is plastlic. It's not. It's all metal. The only pastlic parts are the forward hand grips, stock, and pistol grip. The rest of the rifle is metal. The reciever is metal. The XM-8 is plastic. And I hate built in optic sights. Nothing is soldier proof. And I can prove it. That sight system will break. GIVE ME IRON SIGHTS.

Looks pretty sweet from the pictures. Except for the fact that it is plastic. That is kind of weird and it would melt under a lot of heat. But other than, that it looks good.

Army has put it on the backburner for now and are looking at other options. It didn't live up to the hype during testing, but they aren't quite ready to put it completely out to pasture yet either.

Originally Posted by RnderSafe

Army has put it on the backburner for now and are looking at other options. It didn't live up to the hype during testing, but they aren't quite ready to put it completely out to pasture yet either.

Can you specify "backburner" and "didn't live up to hype" because that is very vague?

I mean, like did they only have a few problems they sent back to H&K for refinement and are awaiting new prototypes or did they just smile, shake hands and say *cough*b******trifel*cough* under their breaths?

Is there a close 2nd weapon that they're having a shoot-off with? Did they have a trashy-romance-novel-style change of heart and re-fall in love with the 50 year old man after dating the young hot stud after all?

Originally Posted by Stinky

Looks like a lush toy! I would be glad to be given that rather then a SA80 even if it is crap! Seems a bit weird to change the barrel to changes the weapons funtions and also changing the mag housing for different rounds! Sounds compatible enough to me . Would you mind explaining to me why the XM8 is crap please?

A sharpshooter version gimme gimme gimme

Fool! That is a picture of a Toy! Its an airsoft gun replica. are you blind! Look at the mag and ull see bbs instead of bullets.

Oh and US is not done yet. Im very sure that they wont simply let millions of dollars of development go down the drain just like that.