[jbour13]

Concept and boastfulness doesn't win wars, execution and adherance to standards do. I love HK stuff but, this is another attempt it seems to make a new looking Army. The fact remains the same, motivated soldiers win the battle. I'm with you on having the more effective capability, but what does this cost. I've not been lucky enough to testbed equipment in battle. But it seems that the Army is evaluating alot of new weapons and support systems in the active battle. This push for newer and better isn't an old concept but it still gets joe killed because he's not had time to get used to the system and it's nuances.

Not many fans of the system around the Army from the persons that I've talked to. I've got a friend at Aberdeen that has played with it and has nothing good to say. Too many options for a soldier and the supply chain gets bogged down with replacement parts.

I've had soldiers come into the gun shop and say that the army should issue something like the S&W M&P because it has the option to change backstraps making it more comfortable to shoot. Could you imagine being an armorer tracking the ones not in use. Imagine yourself as the BN Supply SGT trying to order replacement backstraps because PVT Snuffy lost it.

Military weapons need to remain uniform. The only change to the M-4 weapons system that I hope for is a gas piston operating upper. HK416/ POF/ Alexander Arms all make'em and I like what I've seen. We can hope!