User blog comment:Didikins/Map gimmicks: why do these exist?/@comment-1916935-20150117042655/@comment-24756040-20150117210901

In 2025 (a decade's time away) we're still using adaptations of the XM8, the QBZ-95, the Satrich 308, the FN-P90, and the FN-SCAR (referring to HAMR, not SCAR-H). When you have a difference of a decade, I can see where that comes from. But Advanced Warfare's timeline is almost half a century ahead of real time, and we're still using weapons made, in their time, almost half a century ago in the modern battlefield (big examples being the Ameli, the ARX, and the Grach). The thing is, none of those weapons are near as iconic as an M4 or an AK, but somehow still slip through the cracks.