Comments on: And how much did that cost?

By: DaveP.

DaveP. — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 03:22:45 +0000

Don’t blame the 5.56mm too much. There were also ergonomic, reliability, and expense problems with the XM-8.

By: Heartless Libertarian

Heartless Libertarian — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:03:51 +0000

The XM-8 was aka OICW Increment One. Increment Two was the high speed grenade launcher thing. The program slipt when it became obvious that the grenade launcher part was to big and to slow in developing.

And I’m still holding out for the 7×43mm, aka the .280 Brit. From everything I’ve heard, it did extremely well in the tests back in the 50s, but couldn’t overcome the dual handicap of being NIH and the Army’s insistence on a full power cartridge.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:55:41 +0000

Too big. Too clumsy. Weighed too much. Scrapped.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:48:22 +0000

Whatever happened to the OICW?

By: cube

cube — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:12:04 +0000

“As for HK making a civvie version, well, don�t hold your breath.”

Yea from what I have heard they don’t cater to the civi market.

By: Tam

Tam — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:07:12 +0000

The only place that the XM-8 ever had a chance was with the Counterstrike kiddies and gun-BBS hobbyists on the ‘net.

Those in the know had pronounced it DOA long ago.

As for HK making a civvie version, well, don’t hold your breath.