User blog comment:Griever0311/Okay guys, RIGHT NOW.../@comment-1861566-20100624114433

The xm8 was supposed to use standard NATO rounds and Russian round (the ones used in AK's) The problem was that it was too expensive of a gun, and it was just forgotten The XM29 was just such a monstrosity that it would have been to heavy to carry in the battlefield. The XM29 was the army's idea of making a "perfect gun"