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Well, what he suggested was hopped up 5.7-on-coke. Now, the fact that he thinks he'll just get a free extra 600 ft/s velocity (+54% energy) from the same case is what's really nuts.

I am fully in favor of adding more options for the infantry. That's what bugs me so much about the GPC concept - not only is it trying to replace two disparate cartridges each designed for two totally different jobs with one, but it also seeks to increase infantry reliance on kinetic energy small arms. Why? This is the sort of proposal that appeals to bean counters and no one else.

This bayonet?

This guy is so nuts, I can go buy bags full of him at the local Brookshire's:

I hear they bend when thrown against trees, like toy bayonets!

I imagine that takes assloads of power.

Our poor infantrymen, being outranged with no other options by evil 7.62mm thick Soviet bayonets!

*puts on Brock hat* No, you see the bayonets were using already are made of carbon-fiber, that's why they break!

T___A is very wise for a pre-natal fetus.

We need a General Purpose Bayonet. There are too many bayonets in service, and the smaller bayonets do not kill properly, while the larger bayonets are two heavy and unwieldy. Clearly, we need a fully Hague-compliant bayonet of approximately 6.5mm thickness...

IL-20M that's grown a couple of warts, looks like.

Since I don't understand that at all, I guess I will just take your word for it.

I am totally unsurprised that you listen to Taylor Swift. Now why is that, Xlu? (Also, I am laughing my ass off that there's a Minecraft banner ad embedded in that video.)

Glock Illuminati confirmed

I had literally this exact thought yesterday. It's an uncomfortable truth, but there you have it.

Turns out the XM8 is a pile, too: How does this compare to the M4? Poorly.

Good find on that Tnet thread, Xlu. We're not sure if the fish gun melts. The G36 definitely melts, but it's possible the XM8 has enough architectural differences to save it. Alex is an SOT (machine gun dealer), and I'm given to understand that the police department sent him a request to get a G36 for demonstration/eval, then this whole news hit and the PD isn't really interested anymore, but the process was already in motion so they both agreed to use the rifle for testing, instead.

He's consistently gotten better, I think. Definitely one of the few very famous artists to consistently put out top material. And I guess since we're giving out ages, I am 24.

That last Cobra/Osprey mashup really gets me. It's like a tiltrotor Pucara!

I also like the musical stylings of Mr. Reznor.

I believe I did say the US was terrible at conquest. I am not sure what nail you are trying to drive into my skull.

It's a bit laughably optimistic-looking to modern eyes, isn't it? Also, there's a lot of capability the XM8 misses out on completely, like mounting night vision devices. If it has a direct steel connection between the trunnion and sight, that would raise it in my estimation considerably, but I still think improving the M4 was the way to go. The XM8 was getting most of its weight improvement from the sight, anyway, so if they'd had any sense they'd have made a 1913 compatible version of that for the M4. One of the other major selling points of the XM8 was that it was supposed to be cheaper... About $600. Turns out, while at the time the M4 was about $900, once the solicitation opened up they got a lot cheaper... About $300 cheaper, in fact. Keeping the M4, of course, misses out on the whole point of the XM8, though, which was to make H&K money.

It appears that the XM8's sight does mount to steel, though without some personal time with an XM8 receiver, I cannot confirm if it's a direct steel interface with the barrel. I would hope so, though: