User blog comment:JoeRamirez/Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Weapons Wishlist./@comment-3552272-20110504084038/@comment-356904-20110505142717

Like I said, if the XM8 hadn't tanked, the 416 would never have been developed in the first place; it was the result of HK learning from the mistakes of the XM8 program.

And last time I checked UKSF doesn't use the 416.