The Objective Individual Combat Weapon or OICW was the next-generation service rifle competition that was under development as part of the United States Army OICW program; the program was eventually d
A working XM25 prototype is tested in 2005; this was part of OICW Increment 2
The final four ACR program test entrants
The Heckler & Koch MP7, conceptualized in the late 1990s as the kinetic energy component of the SABR (later XM29); the XM29 was put on hold, but the MP7 entered production in 2001
One tester is kneeling with a XM8 Carbine and XM320 attached, the other has the XM8 sharpshooter
Heckler & Koch XM8
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The Heckler & Koch XM8 is a lightweight Rifle system developed from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch, and shares design and engine
Objective Individual Combat Weapon
…This resulted in the army starting development on new weapons, and finally shelving the XM29 in 2004. The kinetic energy component split off into the XM8 rifle program and the airburst component developed into the XM25 airburst weapon. According to a presentation by Major Kevin Finch, Chief of the Small Arms…
An early version of the XM8
A U.S. Marine Corps weapons instructor presents an XM8 Carbine during the Infantry Operations Chief Symposium in August 2005.
U.S. Army leaders test fire the compact set-up of the XM8 at Fort Benning, Georgia in August 2004.