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  • Generation XM8 - Initial reports favor Heckler & Koch

    09/23/2004 12:51:06 PM PDT · by 68skylark · 37 replies · 1,831+ views
    Ledger-Enquirer ^ | September 23, 2004 | TONY ADAMS
    Initial reports favor Heckler & Koch, which is building local plant for rifle assembly George Thorogood's growling rock classic, "Bad to the Bone," set the mood Wednesday as two squads of soldiers leaped out of their Stryker armored vehicles at Fort Benning's Redcloud Range. As the music from the loudspeakers faded away, the 29th Infantry Regiment troops hit the ground in a prone position and proceeded to blast away at green targets on a hillside about 100 yards away. Dirt kicked up as one nine-man squad did their damage using the Colt M4 Carbine rifle that currently is the weapon...