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Hi Nuno,
I assume the Individual Carbine Comp is the latest effort to field a replacement for the M-16/M-4?
First, until I tried on a friend's custom AR about three years ago, I hated the M-16/M-4 configuration. My only experience with the general type were with full-stock M-16s, and worn out ones at that on the qualifying range. I was never a 'fan' of the M-16 because it just didn't 'fit' me very well. (maybe if I had never fired a rifle before the M-16, I wouldn't have known better, but I doubt it. The adjustable stock experience changed all that.
My thoughts on replacing the M-4 are the same as they were nearly 5 years ago : "ALL weapons design and acquisition boils down to some cost-benefit equation that expresses in statistical terms 1) what contributes the most damage to the enemy 2) in the most (number and types) of situations, while 3) getting the most of our people home safe as possible, 4) within a finite dollar amount." (http://elementsofpower.blogspot.com/2008/01/extreme-dust-test-m4-and-others.html)
IMHO, there would have to be more than an 'incremental' improvement over the M-16/M-4 to warrant fielding a new 'general purpose' carbine to replace it. It needs to be a 'game changer' to be worth it. This is not to say I can't see other long guns for certain applications, because I do. But in most of those cases, I think something related to the M-4 in a different caliber would be just dandy.
Nov 7, 2012, 9:24:57 PM
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