Re: M16 gone?

The M-16 won't go away very soon. It will take some serious funding to
replace it and the models that followed it. There will be some serious
testing that will have to be done first and the whole thing will have some
politictal interference every step of the way. The rifle part of the OICW
has the stigma of not invented here and that could be enough to keep it out
of service. The OICW is an amazing piece of technology and I just can't
expect something that complicated doing well in service. It will be
interesting to see what happens.

Have you ever heard of the Special Purpose Individual Weapon? The SPIW was a
major project that was suppposed to field a fletchette firing weapon. Lots
of time and money were spent with out anything more to show than the M-203
grenade launcher. It could take years to see any results.
George in Las Vegas