March 14, 2007: Back in 2005, the U.S. Armys design for a new assault rifle, the XM8, was cancelled. But now the manufacturer has incorporated one of the key components of the XM8 into M4 rifles, and ...

The Heckler & Koch XM8 modular assault weapon system may be the immediate future of individual weapons systems. Currently undergoing its second round of testing by the American Military, the XM8 could ...

The Army has been on the hunt for a new rifle for nearly 30 years to replace the rifles it currently fields in its infantry units. Once upon a time, the service seemed to be close to adopting a new ...

"You will have to excuse me for a moment whilst I take a moment and slobber," Rob Cherry pants. The object of his liquid affection: the Army's new XM8 rifle, which is winning rave reviews at Ft. Bragg ...

The US military has attempted to replace the M4/M16 series of weapons for almost five decades. From flechette-firing prototypes to rifles that used caseless ammunition firing in hyperbursts, no weapon ...

Inside the Army tracks the service's emerging role in the post-Iraq and post-Afghanistan national security strategy. Extensive coverage is devoted to ground-warfare weapon programs, including the ...