[Travis McGee]

I always believed the "two at once" introduction of the OICW was a huge mistake. Before there was an M-16/203, there wes an M-79 grenade launcher.

That's how we should approach the OICW. Build and field a "stand alone" 20mm range finding air bursting weapon. Put one in every platoon, then squad. After it's thoroughly debugged and proven, THEN possibly put a lighter version under a 5.56. Only then.

[archy]

I always believed the "two at once" introduction of the OICW was a huge mistake. Before there was an M-16/203, there wes an M-79 grenade launcher.

That's how we should approach the OICW. Build and field a "stand alone" 20mm range finding air bursting weapon. Put one in every platoon, then squad. After it's thoroughly debugged and proven, THEN possibly put a lighter version under a 5.56. Only then.

First, build a working, semi-auto [full?] 20mm/25mm weapon that works, Kalishnikov-reliable and accurate, and then set about reducing the weight to tolerable levels and goals.

Now where might we find something like that....

[archy]

I always believed the "two at once" introduction of the OICW was a huge mistake. Before there was an M-16/203, there wes an M-79 grenade launcher.

There still is. The stand-alone M79 *blooper* is still favoured by some current users in Afghanistan who were given carte blanche as to the equipment they could take along with them.