Manufacturer: Alliant Tech Systems [NYSE: ATK]
It was decided by the Department of Defense (DoD) in the 1970’s that the limit of effective rifle technology had reached it’s peak. Basically, rifles had reached the pinnacle of accuracy, weight, and reliability under the current chain of development seen around the world. Given modern training and sighting technologies such as scopes, once can theoretically assume that every shot fired will hit its intended target. So the question remained, what obstacles to achieving a kill do modern soldiers still face in a firefight? The answer, ironically enough, are physical obstacles. Walls, berms, embankments, boulders, nearly anything large enough to provide cover for a hiding enemy soldier. In comes the new technology of the OICW. To increase the hit probability in the small arms is to introduce a weapon that will fire explosive and fragmentation warheads, combined with the smart fusing and sighting / aiming technologies. Simply put, design a weapon that can kill people that are in hiding. For example, a soldier takes fire from behind a wall, with the OICW, the soldier with shrapnel.
This OICW assault rifle video should get the point across.
The OICW program was actually cancelled and will be replaced by the FCS Future Force Warrior system.
9 Responses
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Posted on August 19th, 2007 at 12:46 am
This OICW is so bulky and most likely hard to sling and or carry. I dont see this weapon being of any real good use for the modern battle field. As I look over the parts in the pic above it looks like an old WW 2 weapon. And as a future soldier I would not like this weapon period.
Posted on November 18th, 2007 at 2:29 am
Is there already an MK1 Protogun- the high-tech railgun?
Posted on January 13th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Is there already an MK1 Protogun
-one of the high-tech railguns?
Posted on January 13th, 2008 at 3:14 am
the m-29 oicw is one of the most high-tech assault rifles, right?
Posted on January 13th, 2008 at 3:16 am
why ar there no guns that go through anything?
Posted on January 13th, 2008 at 3:17 am
The M-29 OICW is an strong and heavy weapon.Well, the M-29 has also fast bullets and fast reload.
Posted on January 13th, 2008 at 3:19 am
OICW is a big gun. I think its the fattest rifle in the world.
Posted on January 13th, 2008 at 4:09 am
The M-29 OICW should be made by some lighter materials. Although the price might increase, I think it worths that.
Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 8:14 am
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