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was supposed to enter service alongside the XM8 as a complement to the heavy weapons support section of a fireteam, a bunch of rifle men, a SAW gunner and an Grenadier. the XM8 of course got canned but i havent heard anything about the GL getting the boot. What i HAVE heard is that the 25mm grenade wasnt as lethal as fisrt thought and that its fragmentary capabilities were pretty weak, airbursting precision or no.

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Then who gets to get there hands on the OICW?

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nobody, its been scrapped.
Well, not scrapped, the concepts for it are being applied to totally seperate firarms that are NOW in the process of being scrapped.

The OICW was designed to showcase and disply new technologys such as computer assisted targeting and laser range detection. They decided that a combo GL/AR platform would be unweildy, heavy and too expensive so the project went from one weapon (OICW) to two weapons (XM8 and XM29)
the XM8 failed because its just an ugly G36 which is basically an AR18 which in turn is an AR15 with a gas piston, we can make those for half the price they were charging us for the XM8 and do it faster and better by swapping out some parts.

the XM29 is a stand alone GL platform that utilizes a computerized aiming system that can select variable distances with which to detonate a 25mm round (or simply have it be impact detonated). Its supposed to be and probably is far more accurate than the M203 could ever be but apparently the 25mm shell isnt big enough to kill reliably (youd think the solution would be to simply up the grenade from 25mm to the standard 40mm...)

thats basically the story in a nutshell

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Plus they were too damn heavy.

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Heres a pick of my rack this is not near all my guns.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../Pic202321.jpg

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Nice SKS dude.

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http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/wba...alist/tsmg.gif
http://taltos.pha.jhu.edu/%7Etamas/f...s/gun/gun3.jpg
http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com/craig-gun.jpg
http://media.teamxbox.com/dailyposts...bios/22smg.jpg
http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/ajames_mcsuit/gun.jpg
http://ps.crgaming.com/images/screenshots/0062.jpg
http://x2kx.tripod.com/sitebuilderco...g.w300h225.jpg
http://severtski.com/pics/pistol.jpg
http://doom3.planet-multiplayer.de/i...ontent/bfg.jpg
http://ffmedia.ign.com/doom/image/ar...1063051303.jpg





and just out of randomness...
http://members.optushome.com.au/evil...-detonator.jpg
http://www.straightblastgym.com/blog...gun-704528.jpg
http://members.aol.com/realwaileaest...hine%20gun.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/22/24476634_be7f518ba2_m.jpg
http://www.ioffer.com/img/1102320000...t-with-gun.jpg
http://www.myownjournal.com/i/entry_...olds%20gun.jpg
http://www.cutelittlekittens.com/fil...da_gun_131.jpg
http://www.hobby101.com/cat_gun.jpg

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I always thought one of those would be totally bitchin to own. :bows: If only that was a real firearm, I'd kick my M1911 to the curb and holster that bitch. That is, if I could find a holster that it would fit...

That's just so cute, in a twisted sort of way.

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you CAN own it. Its a Walther P99 with a goofy trigger guard but otherwise it looks spot on

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http://www.gunsinmovies.com/images/walther.jpg Yes it does closley resemble the P99. I like the P99 more.