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The Objective Individual Combat Weapon, the U.S. Army's name for the weapon development project and the weapon itself. Meant as an [[wikipedia:XM29 OICW|advanced tactical weapon]], composed of a 5.56mm carbine mounted underneath a bullpup-feed 20mm grenade launcher (later 25mm), and equipped with a sophisticated computerized sight. This allowed the use of HEAB [High Explosive Air Burst] rounds which could have their fusing set by the user to explode without hitting the target or requiring a proximity fuse.

The XM29 was H&K and Alliant Techsystems' entry in the project, and the one that got closest to a green-light. However, it became clear that the XM29 would never be brought within the project's weight and cost goals, so it was cancelled and the OICW program was split into two "increments;" in the first, the separate halves of the weapon would be developed as discrete weapon systems. The grenade launcher is still in the works, while the lower was based on the G36 rifle and was worked into the XM8 (see below). This was supposed to be followed up with a second increment where, technology allowing, the systems would be used as the basis for a new combined system like the XM29 would have been. It remains unclear if the current next-gen US rifle project is part of the increment 1 or if the whole OICW program has now been scrapped.

The XM29 was H&K and Alliant Techsystems' entry in the project, and the one that got closest to a green-light. However, it became clear that the XM29 would never be brought within the project's weight and cost goals, so it was cancelled and the OICW program was split into two "increments;" in the first, the separate halves of the weapon would be developed as discrete weapon systems. The grenade launcher is still in the works, the US Army ordered several XM25 "Punisher" standalone grenade launchers for testing in late 2015<ref>though H&K was hit with a lawsuit in early 2017 for failure as a subcontractor to produce these prototypes</ref>, while the lower was based on the G36 rifle and was worked into the XM8 (see below). This was supposed to be followed up with a second increment where, technology allowing, the systems would be used as the basis for a new combined system like the XM29 would have been. It remains unclear if the current next-gen US rifle project is part of the increment 1 or if the whole OICW program has now been scrapped.

While the OICW program was a failure, South Korea has put the similar [[wikipedia:S&T Daewoo K11|K11]] system into service, not as a standard rifle but as a limited-issue grenadier's weapon, which is probably what the US should have been thinking in terms of. This implies that having [[OIC Ws]] in a work set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] might not be ''too'' unrealistic, as long as not ''everybody'' is carrying one.

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* This weapon was originally intended to be used by the Combine in ''[[Half Life]] 2'', and appears in many promotional screenshots for the game. It was only replaced by the completely fictional pulse rifle relatively late in development, and can be used in the leaked beta version of the game.

* This was the main gun in ''Delta Force: Land Warrior'' under the name OICW Landwarrior.

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