Back in the early 2000’s the US Army sponsored a competition to create the next generation service rifle,
and they wanted it to have “Starship Troopers” vibes.

The Objective Individual Combat Weapon or OICW was the next-generation service rifle competition that
was under development as part of the United States Army OICW program; the program was eventually
discontinued without bringing the weapon out of the prototype phase. The acronym OICW is often used
to refer to the entire weapons program.

It was started in the aftermath of the Advanced Combat Rifle (or ACR) during the 1980s. Like the ACR
program, it has largely been a failure in terms of achieving the specific program goals (e.g., replacing the
M16) and has cost millions of dollars, but has resulted in many innovative weapons and weapon
concepts as well as offshoot programs of its own.

Heckler & Koch decided to take their already proven G36 rifle and cement it in history as a German
Space Magic icon. Unfortunately, it was too cool for the times and was never adopted, and the program
was ended. The XM5.7 is my 5.7x28 chambered homage to this great rifle so that everyone can own this
unicorn of a rifle. Because Space Magic is for everyone! Even if it is space magic at home.

-Rusty

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