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Originally Posted by ziadel
we already have a replacement for the M4, its called the XM8 and the XM8 looks to be quite promising...
the OICW is still a far way off anyways, its gonna take everyone a while to get the weight down to something our soldiers can manage, but in the meantime, the XM* is the first part of the OICW, they'll design the rest of the stuff around the XM8 from what I have been told...
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another site (it's what I do) and that thing looks beautiful. Can't wait to see that integrated into the XM29 and fully streamlined. I watched a demonstration on History Channel and I have to say, it's just not even fair.
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Originally Posted by ziadel
the 5.56 has got to have a good hard look, and when it does get that scrutiny, they'll prolly figure out that we need something bigger. the 6.8SPC is a good canidate, more oomph, not as much oomph as the .308, it's a nicely balanced cartridge that would be a welcome change for our soldiers.
the .223 just doesn't cut it to be an effective battle cartiridge, ESPECIALLY now that the M4 is everywhere with that short barrel...
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What necessitates needing a larger caliber? What kind of enemies are we trying to take down with these types of weapons? Not asking any moral questions here, purely academic.