06-14-2013, 08:17 PM
"'Cause breaking up is hard to do."
Army kills carbine competition, June 14, 2013, Armytimes.com --- ". . . The HK416 had 233 stoppages as compared with 882 stoppages by the M4. The Army later modified the M4's numbers to 296 stoppages, attributing the difference to discrepancies in the test and scoring. The SCAR performed better, with 226 stoppages. But the top dog was the XM8 --- a prototype built by H&K that seemed destined to replace the M4 in 2005. Instead, the $33 million program fell prey to a broken acquisition process and bitter infighting within the Army until the Pentagon put a halt to the heir apparent."
Army kills carbine competition, June 14, 2013, Armytimes.com --- ". . . The HK416 had 233 stoppages as compared with 882 stoppages by the M4. The Army later modified the M4's numbers to 296 stoppages, attributing the difference to discrepancies in the test and scoring. The SCAR performed better, with 226 stoppages. But the top dog was the XM8 --- a prototype built by H&K that seemed destined to replace the M4 in 2005. Instead, the $33 million program fell prey to a broken acquisition process and bitter infighting within the Army until the Pentagon put a halt to the heir apparent."