The Heckler & Koch XM8 is a lightweight assault rifle system developed from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K), and shares design and engineering with their G36 rifle.

A defensive armament subsystem, the XM32 provides pintle mounts for either M60D 7.62×51mm machine guns or M2HB .50 caliber machine guns at both cargo door positions and at both rear emergency hatches of the CH-47 helicopter, with weapons …

The XM29 OICW (Objective Individual Combat Weapon) was a series of prototypes of a new type of assault rifle that fired 20 mm HE airbursting projectiles. The prototypes were developed as part of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon program in the 1990s.

A hybrid two-axis turret damper system that would inertially stabilize an M-28 helicopter turret having the standard electro-hydraulic position loop control was developed.

Mar 4, 2020 · One of the main issues with the rifle was, it tried to be everything at once. Heckler & Koch planned for the XM series to have as many as 4 different variants to fill the role of the M249 Squad...

The United States military has developed a number of Helicopter Armament Subsystems since the early 1960s. These systems are used for offensive and defensive purposes and make use of a wide variety of weapon types including, but not limited to machine guns, grenade launchers, autocannon, and...

Jan 16, 2022 · The same arm would also function as a type of light machine gun for fire support, when equipped with the H&K bipod and 100-round drum magazine.

Dec 3, 2022 · If there was a gun that defined the mid-2000s, it was the XM8. The XM8 seemed to grace the cover of every Tom Clancy game between 2005 and 2013. It popped up in movies, TV shows, and more and was often seen as the elite super-soldier’s rifle.

Jun 14, 2016 · Called the "Davy Crockett", it was a 155mm caliber tactical nuclear recoilless gun in the standard M28 or longer-range M29 launch body firing the M388 nuclear projectile. The launcher piece was developed at the Rock Island Arsenal and the W54 warhead was developed at Los Alamos and the Atomic Energy Commission.

The Heckler & Koch XM8 is a modular assault rifle system designed by Heckler & Koch. Originally conceived as the assault rifle portion of the XM29 OICW, the XM8 was designed in 2002 as a possible replacement for the M4 carbine and M16 rifle series and is heavily based on Heckler & Koch's G36 rifle series.