Whispering Death
Active member
Oh, just because to add this. I read a little summary article written yesterday on the OICW stating that the maker of the weapon thinks the first OICWs could be in active duty in late 2006.
Whispering Death said:Well, just keep in mind that things always move very slowly when it comes to the millitary.
Whispering Death said:I do not think that is entirely accurate PJ24, can you give a source?
I do know that the XM-29 has been shelved as too ambitious for the time being. Instead they want to focus on developing a replacement for the M-16 and the air burst XM-25 portion then go back to making the complete XM-29.
However, nothing has really come out to my knowledge since about August and I'm very interested in hearing what decisions have been made durring this black-out.
Whispering Death said:I've always liked the theory of the XM-25 but I've never been sold on the practicallity of the whole OICW weapon.
I really just want to see a replacement for the M-16 NOW rather than waiting for next year... next 5 years... next 10 years... and low and behold it's been 40 years since they first said they where going to try and get a replacement.
Work on the XM-8 program and work on competing programs to that design. Once you've got that handled; then figure out how to integrate XM-25 functionality.
zander_0633 said:I heard the M-16 have a successer! Any idea wad is it?
PJ24 said:It doesn't.
jedi078 said:What about the M-468?
The only problem I see is changing over to another type of round (the 6.8mm).
Whispering Death said:What I don't like is just seeing tons of small weapons research over 15 years and we still have nothing to show for it.
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