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[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

Yeah, I never quite understood the XM8. Was it H&Ks way of getting more G36 guns in the US? Why go all the effort to creating an entirely new body for a system they already got. They might as well just tell the US Army to switch over to G36s.

I recall reading somewhere that the US Army actually did test the G36, but it failed several crucial safety reviews.

But don't quote me there as it was quite a while back.