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.

Dec 3, 2022 · HK's XM8 popped up in movies, TV shows, and video games and was often seen as the elite super-soldier's rifle...so what happened to it?

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...

Apr 20, 2018 · Larry Vickers has the closest thing most any of us will ever have to a true XM-8 rifle, and has more than a little trigger time on the original XM-8 rifles. So, I asked him to explain what the rifle was and why it failed to become the new American service rifle.

Jan 16, 2022 · The XM8 system grew out of the U.S. Army’s XM29 program in search of a successor to the in-service M4, and here is a behind-the-scenes look at Heckler & Koch's configurable system.

The XM8 is an experimental assault rifle manufactured by Heckler & Koch for the U.S Army. It was slated to replace the M16 family of weapons, but these plans have now been abandoned.

Feb 17, 2018 · The XM8 was one of these rifles developed by H&K in the early 2000s as one of a number of alternatives to the M-16 and its derivative M4 carbine. Born as a scaled-down replacement for another H&K prototype — the XM29 — the XM8 entered a limited production run in 2003, concluding just two years later.

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.

The Heckler & Koch HK XM8 is an experimental modular assault rifle system that the US Army is testing as their next standard assault weapon system. The weapon is designed to replace the long-lived Colt M16 rifle and M4 carbine forms.

Aug 5, 2021 · XM8 Rifle – Rifle variant with a 12.5-inch barrel and compatible with an under-barrel grenade launcher. XM8 Carbine – Super compact option with a nine-inch barrel and a …