I heard on conserative talk radio last week about the impending demise of the M-16, it's being replaced by one made by HK of Germany as the standard issue firearm. They (Heckler & Koch) are building a manufacturing plant in Columbus, GA., this may be old news to many of you here but it was news to me, so I went on a search and quickly found this web page. Interesting looking critter, H&K XM8