Holy Fuckin' Frijoles....

shit like this almost makes me want to stay in...even the new individual rifle (forget the name, but it's an x-something) is awesome.

i mean, it's hard to beat the mk19, but i think they've done it.

Al-Sadr could use a few rounds of that upside his head.

It has a "Dispersion of Less than 1.5 Mils, One Sigma Radius."

I don't even know what the hell that even means, but I guarantee it's fucking amazing!

I want one for home defense.

Is there a single red-blooded American man who could see that picture and NOT click on the video link?

Is that an XM307 in your pants or are you just glad to see me?

Am I the only one who'd love to see Hussein executed by a firing squad of those bad boys?

I want one! I want one! Holy f'ing shite that's cool!

Think that will take care of my mom's woodchuck problem?

Is this the weapon that started life as the OCSW? If so, all I can say is, "Dear Santa,"!!!!

Oh, and francisthegreat, I believe the we4apon YOU are referring to is the OICW. If this thing IS the OCSW, it fires the same grenade as the GL portion of the OICW. Only faster.

I love the fact that, in the video, the shooter is just sitting there, looking at his little view screen, not bothered at all, not stressed or strained in the least, just pounding away. It's like he could be firing one of those carnival bean-bag guns at a row of milk bottles with clown faces painted on them.

"Ho, hum look at me -- I'm firing armor-piercing grenades with a dispersion pattern of less than 1.5 mils, one sigma radius. All in a day's work. Yawn."

This thing was actually developed as part of the OICW program, to fire the same ammunition as the grenade launcher part. The Army was unsatisfied with the lethality of the 20mm ammunition of the OICW, hence the move both here and in the Army's new shoulder fired grenade launcher to 25mm ammunition.

And yes, the XM-8 is going to be bitchin, especially if we get smart, tell NATO to stuff it, and switch to 6.8mm Grendel.

Thanks Mr. Bowen, for the clarification. I knew it looked a lot like the OCSW, didn't know they'd upped the caliber of the ammo.

Not disagreeing at all, just want to figure out whether francisthegreat is talking about the XM29 (OICW) or the XM8 (lightweight assault rifle).

My understanding is the XM8 is almost through pre-production and is going to start getting issued soon (fy05).

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m8-oicw.htm

The XM29 has still not gotten out of the testing phase (too bulky, too many fragile electronics, etc). But that's the rifle with the integrated grenade launcher that has programmable airbursts

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m29-oicw.htm

scroll down for pics in both instances

Speaking of the XM-8, see videos.

http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?s=1-292925-xm8.php

I hate fucking quick time!
sound but no movie

In searching for an article about this weapon, I found an email correspondence from some defense-news publication in which it was stated that the OICW was effectively dead as a weapons program.

Too bulky, too many fragile electronics (as stated), plus:

-- the grenades it fired were too small to be effective

-- they could never apparently get the precision airburst feature to work, which is the weapon's big new feature-- you could, in theory, set the precise distance/moment at which the grenade detonated, allowing you to fire past a wall an enemy was hiding behind, but with the grenade blowing up just as it passed the wall, thus injuring or killing the soldier despite his having cover and you not having line-of-sight to the target

-- there was an unconfirmed report of the grenade blowing up inside the barrel of the weapon

By the way, the grenades the OICW fired were 20mm. They've experimented with 25mm.

Also apparently the ergonomics of the weapon weren't good. The weapon had the grenade launcher above the carbine barrel, rather than below, which is the customary way to do it.

They say they're trying to work on the grenade-firing part of the weapon as a separate weapon, which seems to make more sense to me.

Well, ace, I donated to the site. So I'm not shy about noting that my birthday comes around within three months, and this featured item would be a cherished, well-received gift.

Hint. Hint.

Cordially...

Yep, the OICW is dead in the water at the moment. The 20mm isn't lethal enough, and the 25mm is too damn heavy for a combined weapon. There will be a shoulder fired semi-automatic clip fed 25mm grenade launcher in the XM-8's stable.

Now you will excuse me whilst I go towel off my extremities.

Fox News/Fox Magazine had a "block" devoted to all the new weapons systems with infrantry and armor focus. Todd Conner trigger pulled the XM8 full auto, turned, grinning like a jack ass eating barbed wire,and I heard, "Eat your fu*king hearts out shitsticks." Was then distracted by Laurie Dhue.

oops missed the conversation...all i know about this is from an old stars and stripes article anyway, most of the folks here know more about this than i. i hadn't realized the precision airburst weapon had been scrapped. but i'm still excited about the xm8 and the variants.
(http://world.guns.ru/assault/as61-e.htm seems like a good basic description.)
it's a welcome change

I can't WAIT to see one of these on the range.

Barrett has developed an individual weapon based on the same 25mm (.98 caliber) grenade. I'm in no shape to hump the thing from my car to the range, and the recoil exceeds the Army's procurement limits, but there are situations where it would surely make a difference.

Have they come out with the civilian version yet? You know, for home defense?

Seriously, that is one cool looking machine.

Take THAT, you wascally wabbit!!! HEH HEH HEH

Ah'm from tha South! Ah Lahk ta mastur...mastur... beat off lookin' at guns! Jarge Dubya Bush is mah hero! I divorced mah toothless wife and married an M-16!!! 5.56mm, she's a perfect fit!

Just think of the XM307 attached to a foolproof robot! What next? How bout a "lill nuke shooter"?