B2431 wrote:
From: (robert arndt)


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Interestingly enough, the HK G-36 (which the XM-8 is derived from)
actually uses the old AK-74 bayonets left over from the NVA stock!

Oh? And just when did the North Vietnamese Army get the AK-74?

NVA = Nationalen Volksarmee (National People's Army), the East German armed
forces.

Does the X in XM8 mean "experimental?" How many have actually been
used in combat?

None as yet (at least publicly; it's possible some SOF units have used
them). The G36 saw combat with German special forces in Afghanistan. It
seems to have done very well there.

ONwe thing not yet mentioned is that there is a serious move afoot to
reequip with a larger caliber weapon (probably 6.8mm) and the XM8 may be the
opportunity to do it.
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