The Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW) will be the most versatile weapon ever. It can kill targets hidden around corners or dug in half a mile away. The OICW will leave no place for the enemy to hide with its incredible firepower. As you can see in the picture above the rifle is modular which allows for easy cleaning and maintenance.
The OICW has some convincing to do before it comes into full scale production.
For observers encountering OICW for the first time, there is also the question of sticker shock. If the demonstration project is successful over the next several years, the Pentagon plans to make an initial purchase of 45,000 OICWs, to be in the hands of elite light-infantry units by 2006. The weapons will cost between $10,000 and $12,000 each, plus $25 to $30 for each 20mm air-burst round.
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7 Responses
O.O Sweet…
Well i would make both Clips bigger and somehow fit a Sniper Rifle in there but the Design is Awesome!
Posted on February 24th, 2009 at 8:23 am
I can see a lot of mission specific add-on components being developed for this weapon but as core infantry combat rifle it looks like a pretty good system.
Posted on March 21st, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Bayonet LMAO.
Why don’t we see if we can fit a mine sweeper, flamethrower, satellite phone, and GPS system while your at it.
Posted on May 25th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
using the Remington 6.8 round instead of the 5.56 is a must for infantry killing power. perhaps extremely dangerous but replacing the air-burst shells with a hydrogen bomb class compound in a small enough amount that it has the blast radius of an RPG. with that kind of shredding power light armored tanks etc. would be decimated as well as that room of terrorists with the window left open.
Posted on June 11th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
This weapon is absurd. The last thing I want to be carrying in the mountains is that stupid heavy bulky nonsense. Instead give me a SCAR stop all this High Speed low drag stupidity. On todays battlefield we aren’t hard knocking houses anyway so there is no need for 20mm explosive rounds. A M67 cooked works just the same, but we aren’t allowed to frag rooms out now anyway. I want something with more knockdown power than 5.56 but, I like the high cap mags and 7.62 can only get 20 round mags 6.5 Grendal has some nasty power and SCAR weapons use a nice round to and you get the same cap I believe. Plenty of options out there just the only people seeing change in weapons seems to be SF. Give some to the grunts, just don’t give us something like the OICW to try and maintain in a warzone I mean seriously a Fire Control computer in a dust storm just asking for malfunctions.
Posted on June 20th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
This particular weapon development was dropped years ago, since then several parts of the US military have run competitions to replace the M16/M4’s without success (mostly due to politics & costs). The SCAR is one of the few that has managed to be slipped into service with Special forces.
Posted on October 14th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
I agree with M.G….. This weapon’s practicality doesn’t exist in a day to day situation. Tower and Gate watches, maybe, and in moderation. In spec groups, this could be practical, but as M.G. said, we’re not allowed to frag out rooms anymore. If it were to be put in an infantry unit, it should only be 1, 2 max, in the squad carrying it, and even then, those individuals would have to be trained heavily in electronics, as I’m sure the control unit isn’t exactly a simple device, which would incur training expenses, and not just money, but the men that would have to be pulled from their units to be trained on the specifications, maintainance and repair of the weapon….. all in all, a good idea for specific situations, but not very practical as far as mass implementation is concerned….
Posted on February 8th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
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