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Oh, I'm not saying that this is the greatest thing since sliced bread and that they should be made general-issue yesterday, I'm just saying that I think it has potential. Believe me, a Carl Gustav is also a sonofabitch to lug around, but when it's necessary, someone does it, and they also carry a rifle or carbine.
I think a very relevant question about this weapons system is whether it will penetrate an Afghan mud wall. Based on my experiences over there, I am VERY skeptical of that. That said, if it can be effectively fired OVER the wall and still inflict casualties, then I can think of dozens of instances where it would have very quickly ended firefights that ended up lasting several hours. |
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I was about to say that too. The system that shoots the ammo can be very advance, but if the ammo doesn't deliver, then the weapon is useless.
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Good rule of thumb is that they're going to be at least a foot thick, if it's a grape hut significantly more. But then again, no man-portable weapon is effective against a grape hut.
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Then again, I'm assuming that Alliant Techsystems and H&K have already thought about this, interviewed GIs who have been to Afghanistan, and carefully estimated the average thickness of mud walls. Whereas I'm mostly talking out of my ass.
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The XM8 was actually fielded in very limited numbers in Iraq from what I've read.
This guy's dead BTW. Last edited by AdAstra2009; 11-29-2010 at 10:28 PM. |
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So the XM8 had been at least been field tested. I wonder what the results were.
This guy in the photo supposed to be some kind of Private contractor?
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I think so.
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if you look closely he's standing right next to the two hands holding the swords
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Oh, yeah, I totally forgot about this. But now that you post it, I remember it from HKPRO boards. Thanks for the reminder.
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