User blog comment:JoeRamirez/Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Weapons Wishlist./@comment-3552272-20110504084038/@comment-356904-20110506154712

The point I wanted to make was that there would have been no need to develop the HK416 as an AR-15 replacement if the XM8 hadn't tanked, because that's the job the XM8 was designed to do as well. Personally, I think the HK416 should have been what H&K developed from the outset rather than faffing around with the XM8.